thenceforth
/ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.07 in modern English
22
Scrabble Score
11
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
adv
Example Sentences
- "...to the end, that all such foes to the rights of British-America may be publicly known, and universally contemned as the enemies of American liberty; and thenceforth we respectively will break off all dealings with him or her."
- "Furthermore: you must know that when the second iron is thrown overboard, it thenceforth becomes a dangling, sharp-edged terror, skittishly curvetting about both boat and whale, entangling the lines, or cutting them, and making a prodigious sensation in all directions."
- "The fear of losing Joe’s confidence, and of thenceforth sitting in the chimney corner at night staring drearily at my forever lost companion and friend, tied up my tongue."
- "1927-1929 — Mahatma Gandhi, An Autobiography or The Story of my Experiments with Truth, "Nirbal Ke Bala Rama", translated 1940 by Mahadev Desai I decided to act thenceforth with great caution; not to leave the house, but somehow leave Portsmouth."
- "Here his hand trembled as he set his pen to the proclamation that declared slaves thenceforth and forever free."
Etymology
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: thennesforth
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːɹθ/
- British English: /ˌðɛnsˈfɔːθ/
Phrases
1. Scottish2. from Middle English mid3. old dialectal form