Meanings
- uncommonAt no other time.
[…] that not a weed grows in a particular spot, without a special Providence of God that it should grow there, and nowhere else; then, and nowhen else.
1884, Charles Kingsley, The Works of Charles Kingsley, page 2143 more examples
Amidst a spectacle, staged nowhere and nowhen else in the world, they heard the voice of the Almighty giving the Ten Commandments. So impressed were they that they declared that all which God had spoken they would solemnly do.
1920, George Betts Swann, Sermons, page 98The temporal order compels you to be exactly when you are at any moment, and nowhen else. Thirdly, everything in time occupies the whole of the time during which it exists. You entirely fill one part of the temporal dimension.
1999 February 1, Roger Scruton, An Intelligent Person's Guide to Philosophy, Penguin, →ISBN“He has nowhen else to go.” “Maybe I should go help him plot a course,” Efren offers. “You aren't coming with us,” Thyme says. Efren opens his mouth to say something. Closes it. Opens it again and only wordless breath expires.
2022 May 9, Edward Newton, The Infinite Minute, World Castle Publishing, LLC, →ISBN
Origin
By analogy with nowhere else. See nowhen.
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