Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elsewhen

/ˈɛlsʍɛn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: else-when
IPA: /ˈɛlsʍɛn/

14

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

At some other time or times; somewhen else.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"And thus for this time I will take my leave of your mastership, purposing elsewhen to trouble you with the talk of longer letters, if I may learn that your gentleness will warrant my boldness therein."
"On the Saturday following, her [Alice Benden's] husband [Edward Benden] willed her to go to church; which she both then and elsewhen refused to go."
"Never, elsewhen, from heaven when all serene / Fell there more levin-bolts; nor flamed so oft / Comets with curses fraught."
"The first person singular present indicative active may be used in a way similar to the 'historic' present. It may be used to describe my own performances elsewhere and elsewhen: [...]"
"For it can be argued that what SF [science fiction] calls the future—its quest for alien contacts and worlds elsewhere and elsewhen—is an infosphere."
"Any spacetime point in this boundary, which is distinct from the origin point, is both elsewhere and elsewhen from it. There are no privileged directions in the elsewhere or the elsewhen."

Etymology

From Middle English ellys whan; corresponding with else + when.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: ellys whan

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛlsʍɛn/
British English: /ˈɛlsʍɛn/

Usage

Archaic

Frequently Paired Words

elsehow elsewards elsewhat elsewhence elsewhere elsewhither elsewho elsewise

Questions

How do you pronounce elsewhen?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛlsʍɛn/.
What does elsewhen mean?: At some other time or times; somewhen else.
Where does elsewhen come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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