"whenceness" meaning in All languages combined

See whenceness on Wiktionary

Noun [English]

Forms: whencenesses [plural]
Etymology: From whence + -ness. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|whence|ness}} whence + -ness Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} whenceness (countable and uncountable, plural whencenesses)
  1. The state or condition of being from somewhere. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-whenceness-en-noun-viOyR84k
  2. An unspecified location or condition from which something or someone has come. Tags: countable, uncountable
    Sense id: en-whenceness-en-noun-XUnxkWtE Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ness, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 18 82 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ness: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 9 91
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: anywhence, elsewhence, everywhence, nowhence, somewhence, whenceforth, whenceforward, whencesoever, whencever, whenceward

Inflected forms

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "nowhence"
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "somewhence"
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    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
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    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "whenceforward"
    },
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      "_dis1": "0 0",
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          "ref": "1911, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction - Volume 57:",
          "text": "As we followed him along the street, he explained our whyness, whenceness, and whitherness to all the loafing children of the sun who inquired of him.",
          "type": "quote"
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        {
          "ref": "1971, Jerry H. Gill, The possibility of religious knowledge, page 56:",
          "text": "Rather, the term \"absolute\" is employed to call attention to the fact that in their immediate self-consciousness all men are aware of the radical \"whenceness\" of their entire existence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2019, Leo Steinberg, Sheila Schwartz, Michelangelo's Painting: Selected Essays, page 10:",
          "text": "Biological whenceness blazoned ad oculos.",
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          "ref": "1898, Francis Bartow Lloyd, Lily C. Lloyd, Sketches of Country Life, page 175:",
          "text": "The \"wherefores and whenceness. \"",
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          "ref": "1937, All about Hawaii, page 44:",
          "text": "No one knows how long it took the deep-sea canoes to reach Hawaii from New Zealand, or other whencenesses.",
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          "ref": "1995, John Robert Colombo, Ghost Stories of Ontario, page 39:",
          "text": "Every evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, stones kept falling upon the roof of Mr. Elihu Neff's residence, in this township, and there was no accounting for the whenceness of their coming.",
          "type": "quote"
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          "ref": "2008, S. Brivic, Joyce through Lacan and Žižek: Explorations, page 116:",
          "text": "Therefore we don't really know our minds, don't know what our intention or “whenceness” is unless we understand where it came from.",
          "type": "quote"
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      "word": "everywhence"
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      "word": "nowhence"
    },
    {
      "word": "somewhence"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforth"
    },
    {
      "word": "whenceforward"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencesoever"
    },
    {
      "word": "whencever"
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          "ref": "1911, Outing: Sport, Adventure, Travel, Fiction - Volume 57:",
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          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1971, Jerry H. Gill, The possibility of religious knowledge, page 56:",
          "text": "Rather, the term \"absolute\" is employed to call attention to the fact that in their immediate self-consciousness all men are aware of the radical \"whenceness\" of their entire existence.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
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          "ref": "2019, Leo Steinberg, Sheila Schwartz, Michelangelo's Painting: Selected Essays, page 10:",
          "text": "Biological whenceness blazoned ad oculos.",
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          "text": "The \"wherefores and whenceness. \"",
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        },
        {
          "ref": "1937, All about Hawaii, page 44:",
          "text": "No one knows how long it took the deep-sea canoes to reach Hawaii from New Zealand, or other whencenesses.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1995, John Robert Colombo, Ghost Stories of Ontario, page 39:",
          "text": "Every evening, between 8 and 9 o'clock, stones kept falling upon the roof of Mr. Elihu Neff's residence, in this township, and there was no accounting for the whenceness of their coming.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, S. Brivic, Joyce through Lacan and Žižek: Explorations, page 116:",
          "text": "Therefore we don't really know our minds, don't know what our intention or “whenceness” is unless we understand where it came from.",
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