thenceafter

English

Alternative forms
  • thence after (obsolete)

Etymology

thence +‎ after

Pronunciation
  • (Received Pronunciation) enPR: dhĕnsäfʹtər, dhĕnsăfʹtər; IPA(key): /ðɛnsˈɑːftə/, /ðɛnsˈæftə/

Adverb

thenceafter (not comparable)

  1. (rare) After that time; thereafter.

References
  • “Thence-a·fter.” listed on page 271 of volume IX, part II (Su–Th), § ii (T) of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles [1st ed., 1919]
      Thence-a·fter. rare. After that time; thereafter. [¶] 1593 Tell Troth’s N. Y. Gift (1876) 18 Thence after they must sit no more in the shoppes. 1864 Neale Seaton. Poems 187 Those blessed feet, thenceafter nailed Fast to the bitter cross!
  • “thence-ˈafter” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [2nd ed., 1989]
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