otherwhileadv.n.adj.

Brit.

/ˈʌðəwʌɪl/, U.S.

/ˈəðərˌ(h)waɪl/

Forms: Old English oþerhwile, Old English oðerhwile, Old English oðerhuile (Northumbrian), Old English oðerhwilen (probably transmission error), early Middle English oþerhylum (transmission error); for later forms see other adj. and while n. also Middle English outherwhile, Middle English ouþerwhile, Middle English ouþerwhyle, Middle English owþerwhile.

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: other adj., while n.

Etymology: < other adj. + while n. (originally a dative form used adverbially (usually singular, but occasionally plural: compare quot. ?a1200 at sense A. 1)). Forms with outher- , etc., may be due to the influence of outher adj. Compare somewhile adv.With otherwhile——, otherwhile—— in sense A. 1, compare Old English hwīle ——, hwīle ——.

A. adv.

1. At one time or other; at times; sometimes; now and then; occasionally. †otherwhile ——, otherwhile ——: at one time (one thing), at another time (another). Now English regional (south-eastern).

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally

whiloma900

whilea1000

stoundmealc1000

stundumOE

otherwhileOE

umquhile1154

with and withc1175

by stoundsa1225

otherwhilesc1225

umbestound?c1225

umbewhilec1230

then and thenc1275

sometime…sometime1297

umstounda1300

by while13..

over while13..

sometime1340

umbe throwea1350

at timesa1382

now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393

umbwhile1393

eftsoona1398

sometimea1400

by sithesc1400

umbestoundsc1400

from time to (formerly unto) time1423

now and (also or) then1445

ever now and nowa1470

when and whenc1470

occasionallya1475

in timesa1500

whiles?a1500

whilomsa1500

sometimes1526

somewhiles1528

at whiles1540

ever now and then1542

a-whiles1546

somewhiles…, somewhiles1547

at sometimes1548

now and thenc1550

ever and anon1558

by occasions1562

on (also upon) occasion1562

as soon…as soon1581

every now and then (also again)1642

by a time1721

once and a while1765

ever and again1788

periodically1825

in spots1851

OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 110 Atom[o]s ys þæt læste getæl; þæt rimcræftige men oðerhwile hatað for his gehwæ[d]nysse momentum oððe punctum.

lOE Salisbury Psalter xciii. 8 Intelligite insipientes in populo, et stulti aliquando sapite : ongitað unwise on folce & dysian oþerhwile angytað.

a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 147 Oðerwile wanne hie segen men wanred þolien.

?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 13 Þe healsgun[d]..becum [read becumeþ] oþer h[w]ylum [L. aliquando] an man þur þa awergeda adle.

a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 23 Noþeles oðerhwile þu sunegest mid summe of þisse limen.

?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) iv, in Anglia (1881) 4 191 (MED) Beo þi child þe no so dere, And hit wille ounþewes lere, Bet hit oþerwile.

1340 Ayenbite (1866) 40 Oþerhuyl of þe on, oþerhuil of þe oþren, oþerhuyl of on and of oþre.

a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xiii. 21 As a wlf shal comunen to a lomb oþerwhile [a1425 L.V. sum tyme].

c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2733 He that taketh a straunge hound by the erys is outherwhile biten with the hound.

c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 103 (MED) It is alle so to witte þat þe hare is oþer while male and oþerwhile female.

a1450 Dis. Women (Douce) in Proc. Royal Soc. Med. (1916) 9 36 (MED) Þat ys cause þat women oþerwhyll by asyounyng.

?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 71 (MED) A welle..is the hede of tweyne waters..whiche be other while separate and oþerwhile commixte.

1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xx. 98 Besechynge you..Yet other whyle to thynke vpon me.

1560 G. Turberville Candidvs in Eglogs of Mantuan v. 41 Can he not both attend His flocke, and otherwhile At vacant time make Uerses, and All cankred cares exile?

1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. §xxiii Otherwhile and ofter thy back is turned to him through negligence.

1648 G. Wither Tired Petitioner 6 For, to retreat, and gotten ground to yeeld, Is, otherwhile, the meanes to win a field.

1804 C. T. Smith Heath in Conversat. II. vii. 54 Other while, as white, As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray.

1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) I has a horn of beer otherwhile, but never nothing to do me no hurt.

1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Otherwhile, occasionally.

2. At another time; at other times. Chiefly as correlative to sometime or an equivalent. archaic.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at another time

otherwhilec1225

elsec1400

elsewhen1418

anotherwhilea1425

otherwhiles?a1425

othertimes1447

othersome time1585

othersome whiles1606

c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 12 (MED) Iþet ilke swarte þeosternesse..ha iseoð..iteilede draken..þe forswolheð ham ihal & speoweð ham..oðer hwile torendeð ham & tocheoweð ham euch greot.

a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 116 (MED) Wimmon weped for mod ofter þanne for eni god, &..for to wurchen hire wille; Hue weped oþer-wile wen hue þe wille biwilen.

1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 101 Daw, thou herdist me not grucche that ȝe went two togedir; ffor otherwhile ȝe gon three.

a1450 Late Middle Eng. Treat. on Horses (1978) 93 (MED) Farcyn..ofte-tymes..comeþ of blak blod & of humors þat renneþ with-in þe veynus, & oþer-while with-oute. And oþer-while it comeþ of grete strokes or of a wonde þat..is not heled.

a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 29 (MED) If he teyn, I must tary..Bot yit other while..I shall smyte and smyle And qwite hym his mede.

a1552 A. Barclay Amintas & Faustus in Eclogues v. 214 Men coumpted gay tales by the fire: Sometime with tales, and otherwhile with songe.

1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Ep. Ded. sig. A.ii^v Alexander..leaned sometime too hard, otherwhyle too soft, as neuer hauing beene apprentice to the Arte.

1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 92 One while, her holy life bids him not suspect her dishonest; other while, his owne weakenesse and ignorance bids him not be perswaded.

1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 39 But she, who was not arrived to his pitch of Loving, diverts his softer Hours with Play sometimes, and otherwhile with making him follow her into the Gallery.

1720 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1872) VI. 184 A certain man, who was sometime taken for Nathaniel Wilson, other~while for John Clements.

1807 C. Smith Beachy Head 38 Yet otherwhile it stem'd as if young Hope Her flattering pencil gave to Fancy's hand.

1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead ii, in Poems 2nd Ser. 24 But the gods went not now, as otherwhile, Into the Tilt-Yard.

1869 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) I. 434 Other while I have never ventured to utter a word.

1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 9 Seemed sounding lute, sometime, the mother's voice; And tempest, otherwhile, of stormy god.

†B. n. In adverb phrases, sometimes as two words.

1. every otherwhile: every now and then, at frequent intervals. Obsolete.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently

by (formerly also at) startsc1422

startmeal?c1422

off and on1535

every otherwhile1542

by, or in, snatches1577

by fits and turns1583

by halves and fits1583

one time with another1591

fit-meal1593

by fits and spurts1605

planetarily?1609

scatteredly1612

startinglya1616

by snaps1631

intermittingly1654

from space to space1658

on and off1668

at (by) intervals1744

cessantly1746

by spells1788

fitfully1792

by fits and spasms1797

everylikea1800

intermittently1800

intermittedly1829

interjectionally1837

jerkily1839

at seasons1850

sporadically1852

parenthetically1860

spasmodically1877

snatchily1880

variously1892

1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 160 A thyng litle to the benefite of a commen weale, euery other whyle [L. subinde] to chaunge the Capitaines.

a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 315 Euery other-while there commeth newes of some of the gallants of the times.

c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) (at cited word) ‘Every otherwhile a little’, i.e. a little now and then.

1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) xi. 116 Being heard of ev'ry other while, They still kept on a close pursuing.

2. some otherwhiles: at some other times. Cf. othersome whiles n. at othersome adj. 2. Obsolete.

ΚΠ

1640 W. Vaughan To Right Hon. Richard sig. A4^v, in Church Militant Some other whiles they dare more Curious peepe Into the Concaves of th' Infernall Deepe.

1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 294 Sometimes into the stomach..some otherwhiles into the neck.

†C. adj.

Occurring now and then, occasional. Obsolete. rare.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > occasional

stoundmealc1400

otherwhile1589

occasional1611

sometimesa1945

1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2 The otherwhile vacations of our grauer Nobilitie.

1589 R. Greene Menaphon 8 The otherwhile perusing of our Gothamists barbarisme.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2004; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	otherwhile
释义	otherwhileadv.n.adj. Brit. /ˈʌðəwʌɪl/, U.S. /ˈəðərˌ(h)waɪl/ Forms: Old English oþerhwile, Old English oðerhwile, Old English oðerhuile (Northumbrian), Old English oðerhwilen (probably transmission error), early Middle English oþerhylum (transmission error); for later forms see other adj. and while n. also Middle English outherwhile, Middle English ouþerwhile, Middle English ouþerwhyle, Middle English owþerwhile. Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: other adj., while n. Etymology: < other adj. + while n. (originally a dative form used adverbially (usually singular, but occasionally plural: compare quot. ?a1200 at sense A. 1)). Forms with outher- , etc., may be due to the influence of outher adj. Compare somewhile adv.With otherwhile——, otherwhile—— in sense A. 1, compare Old English hwīle ——, hwīle ——. A. adv. 1. At one time or other; at times; sometimes; now and then; occasionally. †otherwhile ——, otherwhile ——: at one time (one thing), at another time (another). Now English regional (south-eastern). ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > sometimes or occasionally whiloma900 whilea1000 stoundmealc1000 stundumOE otherwhileOE umquhile1154 with and withc1175 by stoundsa1225 otherwhilesc1225 umbestound?c1225 umbewhilec1230 then and thenc1275 sometime…sometime1297 umstounda1300 by while13.. over while13.. sometime1340 umbe throwea1350 at timesa1382 now and again (also anon, eft, now)a1393 umbwhile1393 eftsoona1398 sometimea1400 by sithesc1400 umbestoundsc1400 from time to (formerly unto) time1423 now and (also or) then1445 ever now and nowa1470 when and whenc1470 occasionallya1475 in timesa1500 whiles?a1500 whilomsa1500 sometimes1526 somewhiles1528 at whiles1540 ever now and then1542 a-whiles1546 somewhiles…, somewhiles1547 at sometimes1548 now and thenc1550 ever and anon1558 by occasions1562 on (also upon) occasion1562 as soon…as soon1581 every now and then (also again)1642 by a time1721 once and a while1765 ever and again1788 periodically1825 in spots1851 OE Byrhtferð Enchiridion (Ashm.) (1995) ii. iii. 110 Atom[o]s ys þæt læste getæl; þæt rimcræftige men oðerhwile hatað for his gehwæ[d]nysse momentum oððe punctum. lOE Salisbury Psalter xciii. 8 Intelligite insipientes in populo, et stulti aliquando sapite : ongitað unwise on folce & dysian oþerhwile angytað. a1200 (?OE) MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 147 Oðerwile wanne hie segen men wanred þolien. ?a1200 (?OE) Peri Didaxeon (1896) 13 Þe healsgun[d]..becum [read becumeþ] oþer h[w]ylum [L. aliquando] an man þur þa awergeda adle. a1225 (?OE) MS Lamb. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1868) 1st Ser. 23 Noþeles oðerhwile þu sunegest mid summe of þisse limen. ?a1300 (c1250) Prov. Hendyng (Digby) iv, in Anglia (1881) 4 191 (MED) Beo þi child þe no so dere, And hit wille ounþewes lere, Bet hit oþerwile. 1340 Ayenbite (1866) 40 Oþerhuyl of þe on, oþerhuil of þe oþren, oþerhuyl of on and of oþre. a1382 Bible (Wycliffite, E.V.) (Bodl. 959) (1965) Ecclus. xiii. 21 As a wlf shal comunen to a lomb oþerwhile [a1425 L.V. sum tyme]. c1390 G. Chaucer Melibeus 2733 He that taketh a straunge hound by the erys is outherwhile biten with the hound. c1425 Edward, Duke of York Master of Game (Vesp. B.xii) (1904) 103 (MED) It is alle so to witte þat þe hare is oþer while male and oþerwhile female. a1450 Dis. Women (Douce) in Proc. Royal Soc. Med. (1916) 9 36 (MED) Þat ys cause þat women oþerwhyll by asyounyng. ?a1475 (?a1425) tr. R. Higden Polychron. (Harl. 2261) (1865) I. 71 (MED) A welle..is the hede of tweyne waters..whiche be other while separate and oþerwhile commixte. 1509 S. Hawes Pastime of Pleasure (1845) xx. 98 Besechynge you..Yet other whyle to thynke vpon me. 1560 G. Turberville Candidvs in Eglogs of Mantuan v. 41 Can he not both attend His flocke, and otherwhile At vacant time make Uerses, and All cankred cares exile? 1606 Bp. J. Hall Arte Diuine Medit. §xxiii Otherwhile and ofter thy back is turned to him through negligence. 1648 G. Wither Tired Petitioner 6 For, to retreat, and gotten ground to yeeld, Is, otherwhile, the meanes to win a field. 1804 C. T. Smith Heath in Conversat. II. vii. 54 Other while, as white, As rime that hangs upon the frozen spray. 1875 W. D. Parish Dict. Sussex Dial. (at cited word) I has a horn of beer otherwhile, but never nothing to do me no hurt. 1887 W. D. Parish & W. F. Shaw Dict. Kentish Dial. Otherwhile, occasionally. 2. At another time; at other times. Chiefly as correlative to sometime or an equivalent. archaic. ΘΚΠ the world > time > particular time > [adverb] > at another time otherwhilec1225 elsec1400 elsewhen1418 anotherwhilea1425 otherwhiles?a1425 othertimes1447 othersome time1585 othersome whiles1606 c1225 (?c1200) Sawles Warde (Bodl.) (1938) 12 (MED) Iþet ilke swarte þeosternesse..ha iseoð..iteilede draken..þe forswolheð ham ihal & speoweð ham..oðer hwile torendeð ham & tocheoweð ham euch greot. a1275 (?c1200) Prov. Alfred (Trin. Cambr.) (1955) 116 (MED) Wimmon weped for mod ofter þanne for eni god, &..for to wurchen hire wille; Hue weped oþer-wile wen hue þe wille biwilen. 1402 Reply Friar Daw Topias in T. Wright Polit. Poems & Songs (1861) II. 101 Daw, thou herdist me not grucche that ȝe went two togedir; ffor otherwhile ȝe gon three. a1450 Late Middle Eng. Treat. on Horses (1978) 93 (MED) Farcyn..ofte-tymes..comeþ of blak blod & of humors þat renneþ with-in þe veynus, & oþer-while with-oute. And oþer-while it comeþ of grete strokes or of a wonde þat..is not heled. a1500 (a1460) Towneley Plays (1897–1973) 29 (MED) If he teyn, I must tary..Bot yit other while..I shall smyte and smyle And qwite hym his mede. a1552 A. Barclay Amintas & Faustus in Eclogues v. 214 Men coumpted gay tales by the fire: Sometime with tales, and otherwhile with songe. 1586 W. Webbe Disc. Eng. Poetrie Ep. Ded. sig. A.ii^v Alexander..leaned sometime too hard, otherwhyle too soft, as neuer hauing beene apprentice to the Arte. 1629 J. Gaule Practique Theories Christs Predict. 92 One while, her holy life bids him not suspect her dishonest; other while, his owne weakenesse and ignorance bids him not be perswaded. 1687 A. Behn Amours Philander & Silvia 39 But she, who was not arrived to his pitch of Loving, diverts his softer Hours with Play sometimes, and otherwhile with making him follow her into the Gallery. 1720 in Public Rec. Colony of Connecticut (1872) VI. 184 A certain man, who was sometime taken for Nathaniel Wilson, other~while for John Clements. 1807 C. Smith Beachy Head 38 Yet otherwhile it stem'd as if young Hope Her flattering pencil gave to Fancy's hand. 1855 M. Arnold Balder Dead ii, in Poems 2nd Ser. 24 But the gods went not now, as otherwhile, Into the Tilt-Yard. 1869 E. A. Freeman in W. R. W. Stephens Life & Lett. E. A. Freeman (1895) I. 434 Other while I have never ventured to utter a word. 1906 C. M. Doughty Dawn in Brit. II. v. 9 Seemed sounding lute, sometime, the mother's voice; And tempest, otherwhile, of stormy god. †B. n. In adverb phrases, sometimes as two words. 1. every otherwhile: every now and then, at frequent intervals. Obsolete. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adverb] > intermittently by (formerly also at) startsc1422 startmeal?c1422 off and on1535 every otherwhile1542 by, or in, snatches1577 by fits and turns1583 by halves and fits1583 one time with another1591 fit-meal1593 by fits and spurts1605 planetarily?1609 scatteredly1612 startinglya1616 by snaps1631 intermittingly1654 from space to space1658 on and off1668 at (by) intervals1744 cessantly1746 by spells1788 fitfully1792 by fits and spasms1797 everylikea1800 intermittently1800 intermittedly1829 interjectionally1837 jerkily1839 at seasons1850 sporadically1852 parenthetically1860 spasmodically1877 snatchily1880 variously1892 1542 N. Udall tr. Erasmus Apophthegmes f. 160 A thyng litle to the benefite of a commen weale, euery other whyle [L. subinde] to chaunge the Capitaines. a1617 S. Hieron Penance for Sinne in Wks. (1620) II. 315 Euery other-while there commeth newes of some of the gallants of the times. c1736 S. Pegge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) (at cited word) ‘Every otherwhile a little’, i.e. a little now and then. 1774 D. Graham Impartial Hist. Rebellion (ed. 3) xi. 116 Being heard of ev'ry other while, They still kept on a close pursuing. 2. some otherwhiles: at some other times. Cf. othersome whiles n. at othersome adj. 2. Obsolete. ΚΠ 1640 W. Vaughan To Right Hon. Richard sig. A4^v, in Church Militant Some other whiles they dare more Curious peepe Into the Concaves of th' Infernall Deepe. 1671 H. M. tr. Erasmus Colloquies 294 Sometimes into the stomach..some otherwhiles into the neck. †C. adj. Occurring now and then, occasional. Obsolete. rare. ΘΚΠ the world > time > frequency > infrequency > [adjective] > occasional stoundmealc1400 otherwhile1589 occasional1611 sometimesa1945 1589 T. Nashe To Students in R. Greene Menaphon Epist. sig. A2 The otherwhile vacations of our grauer Nobilitie. 1589 R. Greene Menaphon 8 The otherwhile perusing of our Gothamists barbarisme. 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