no while
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See also: nowhile
English
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Middle English no while, equivalent to no (determiner) + while (noun).[1]
Adverb
[edit]- For no time; not for any length of time.
- 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “xxviij”, in Le Morte Darthur, book X (in Middle English):
- Thenne Kynge Mark hadde his ansuer / There with came Elyas and badde the Kynge yelde vp the castel / for ye maye not hold it no whyle / Sir Elyas said the kyng so wyll I yelde vp the castel yf I be not soone rescoued
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References
[edit]- ^ “no while, adv.”, in OED Online
, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
