whenceafter

whenceafter

English

Etymology

whence +‎ after

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: hwĕnsäfʹtər, hwĕnsăfʹtər; IPA^(key): /ʍɛnsˈɑːftə/, /ʍɛnsˈæftə/

Adverb

whenceafter (not comparable)

1. (rare) After which; whereafter.
   • 1918–1925, Booth Tarkington [aut.] and Alan Seymour Downer [ed.], On Plays, Playwrights, and Playgoers (1959), page 16

     Its light came from thirty feet to the left of it, and the moon itself rose audibly until a stagehand juggled it, whenceafter it ceased to rise.

   • 1919, Holden Edward Sampson, Theou Sophia II: “Re-Generation” (2003 reprint), page 16

     In the case of each [Master] his Mission was revealed to him at a certain period of his life-career, whenceafter he set himself apart from the world…in order to fulfil his Mission, free from worldly ties and entanglements.

   • 1938, Norman St. Barbe Sladen, The Real le Queux, page 77

     The spy followed Le Queux again the next day in the streets of Bucharest and Le Queux complained to the police, whenceafter the spy was not seen again.

Related terms

• henceafter, thenceafter