Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

somewhence

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: some-whence
IPA

20

Scrabble Score

10

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adv

Archaic; Literary

Example Sentences

"... so that the said plain looked even as a wide green highway leading ... somewhence to somewhither."
"For all beautiful things, no matter how fanciful, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, true; and all true things, no matter how repellent, are somehow, somewhen, somewhence, beautiful."
"The stirring of the wind was pleasantly ominous to Reilly: it was quickening, encouraging, hostile to inertia; it came somewhence and was going somewhither."

Etymology

From some + whence.

Usage

Questions

What does somewhence mean?: from somewhere
Where does somewhence come from?: From some + whence.

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