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:
- 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 Paid subscription required , Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000.
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