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