Whenceafter

//ʍɛnsˈɑːftə// adv

adv ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Adverb
  1. 1
    After which; whereafter. not-comparable, rare

    "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."

Example

More examples

"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."

Etymology

From whence + after.

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