otherwhence

adv

otherwhence

adv

Etymology From other + whence.

1

Archaic, Formal By other means; From otherwhere.

  • 'Twere a goodly boon If men could raise their children otherwhence And there should be no woman tribe at all; So would there be no mischief in the world.1868, Augusta Webster, transl., The Medea of Euripides, pages 37–38, lines 571–574:
Related terms
anywhence, elsewhence, everywhence, nowhence, somewhence, whenceforth, whenceforward, whenceness, whencesoever, whencever, whenceward

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