Elsewhither (adverb)
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in another direction; toward a different place or goal.
In elsewhither, else is a distant relative of numerous words for “other,” such as Greek állos (as in allograft) and Latin alius (as in alien). Whither, meaning “to where,” is the opposite of whence, “from where,” and is a counterpart of hither, “to here,” and thither, “to there.” Elsewhither was first recorded around the year 1000 as Old English elleshwider.
Example sentences
“the path forked, one path led to town, the other elsewhither.”
Medley (noun) med-lee a mixture, especially of heterogeneous elements; hodgepodge; jumble. First recorded in 1300–50; Middle English noun and adjective medle(e), medlei(e), maedlai(e) “battle, war, quarrel; mixture, balanced mixture,” from…
