Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

whenceness

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: whence-ness
IPA

18

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The state or condition of being from somewhere.

Countable; Uncountable

noun

An unspecified location or condition from which something or someone has come.

Countable; Uncountable

Example Sentences

"As we followed him along the street, he explained our whyness, whenceness, and whitherness to all the loafing children of the sun who inquired of him."
"Rather, the term "absolute" is employed to call attention to the fact that in their immediate self-consciousness all men are aware of the radical "whenceness" of their entire existence."
"Biological whenceness blazoned ad oculos."
"The "wherefores and whenceness. ""
"No one knows how long it took the deep-sea canoes to reach Hawaii from New Zealand, or other whencenesses."
"Every evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, stones kept falling upon the roof of Mr. Elihu Neff's residence, in this township, and there was no accounting for the whenceness of their coming."

Etymology

From whence + -ness.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: whence

Usage

Inflected Forms

whencenesses (plural)

Frequently Paired Words

anywhence elsewhence everywhence nowhence somewhence whenceforth whenceforward whencesoever

Questions

What does whenceness mean?: The state or condition of being from somewhere.
Where does whenceness come from?: From whence + -ness.

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