Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

elsewhither

/ˈɛlswɪðɚ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: else-whith-er
IPA: /ˈɛlswɪðɚ/

20

Scrabble Score

11

Letters

3

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

To some other place; in some other direction.

Formal

Example Sentences

"; more at somewhere else"
"[…] know that ‘impossible,’ where Truth and Mercy and the everlasting Voice of Nature order, has no place in the brave man’s dictionary. That when all men have said “Impossible,” and tumbled noisily elsewhither, and thou alone art left, then first thy time and possibility have come."
"With Strickland the sexual appetite took a very small place. It was unimportant. It was irksome. His soul aimed elsewhither."

Etymology

From else + whither (“to which place, to what place”).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈɛlswɪðɚ/
British English: /ˈɛlswɪðə/

Usage

Formal

Frequently Paired Words

elsewhence elsewhere whithersoever

Synonyms

otherwhither

Questions

How do you pronounce elsewhither?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈɛlswɪðɚ/.
What does elsewhither mean?: To some other place; in some other direction.
Where does elsewhither come from?: From else + whither (“to which place, to what place”).

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