sithence

English

WOTD – 31 December 2008

Alternative forms

sithens

Etymology

From sithen +‎ -s (adverbial suffix).

Pronunciation

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Adverb

sithence (not comparable)

(obsolete) Thereupon; subsequently, afterwards.
(obsolete) Since.

Conjunction

sithence

(obsolete) From or since the time that.
(archaic) Seeing that, since.
- 1603, John Florio, transl.; Michel de Montaigne, The Essayes, […], printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821:
  , Folio Society, 2006, vol.1, pp.186-7:
  Sithence it must continue so short a time, and begun so late […], there was no time to be lost.

Preposition

sithence

(obsolete) Since.

Anagrams

Steichen, snitchee

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