"otherwhat" meaning in English

See otherwhat in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Pronoun

Etymology: other + what Etymology templates: {{compound|en|other|what}} other + what Head templates: {{head|en|pronoun|||||||||||||||||||head=}} otherwhat, {{en-pron}} otherwhat
  1. (archaic) Something else; (some) other thing; especially in the phrase no otherwhat (“no other thing; nothing else”). Tags: archaic Related terms: elsewhat
    Sense id: en-otherwhat-en-pron-C0yhLnBt Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pronouns

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          "ref": "1890, Matteo Bandello, The Novels: Now First Done Into English Prose and Verse, page 208",
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          "ref": "1901 (edition), William Shakespeare, Horace Howard Furness, A New Variorum of Shakespeare, page 366",
          "text": "I will go now to speak with Catella and see how she will take it; for hitherto Lattanzio hath gotten none but general replies from her; and for the rest God shall aid me, who knoweth my heart and knoweth that I strive for no otherwhat than to ..."
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