whencenessn.
/ˈhwɛnsnɪs/ rare.
The place or source from which something comes or arises; place of origin.
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the world > existence and causation > causation > source or origin > [noun] > place of origin and early development
wombc1400
promptuary?a1425
seminairc1440
nursery1509
matrice1555
seed plot1556
matrix1586
seminary1592
seedbed1618
nidus1807
whence1832
breeding-place1841
breeding-ground1856
breeding range1890
whenceness1922
1922 J. Joyce Ulysses ii. xiv. [Oxen of the Sun] 376 All [is] hidden when we would backward see from what region of remoteness the whatness of our whoness hath fetched his whenceness.
1980 Dædalus Spring 248 Given the group's oblique disposition, the ‘whenceness’ of this saved soul seems unmistakable.
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n.1922- olivary body
- on a fizzer
- on a float
- on a flood
- on a free
- on a full stomach
- on a furlough
- on a gamble
- on a glace
- on a gure blode
- on a gut level
- on a head
- on a heap
- on a high
- on a jar
- on a king pair
- on a lay
- on a leave
- on a leave of absence
- on a less commonly the wind
- on a level with
- on a leye
- on a light fire
- on a losing streak
- on a lowe