Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

nowhile

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: nowhile
IPA

13

Scrabble Score

7

Letters

1

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

no time; not for any length of time

Example Sentences

"THE morning meal hurriedly partaken, Alloway and Carleton mounted their fleet steeds, and in nowhile gained the summit of the high hill within a mile of the port of entry, from which was a full view of the broad Potomac."
"FORMLESS, imageless, nowhere, nowhile, non-existent — a Void : and over against this, all that is, that ever was, and ever shall be — a Universe. Everything from nothing."
"When he was in serious trouble with his Norman barons and prelates, he promised to grant to men "their woods and liberties of the chase ; but it stood nowhile""

Etymology

From no + while.

Inflected Forms

no while (alternative)

Questions

What does nowhile mean?: no time; not for any length of time
Where does nowhile come from?: From no + while.

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