单词:elsewhat
Something else.
Once a respectable English word, deriving from Old English /elles hwat/. Unfortunately it died out.
See also [elsewhere], and compare [elsewhen] (1418), [elsewho] (1542), [elsehow] (modern).
> It takes time and effort which might usefully be spent doing elsewhat. (The Face, Nick Logan)
> His mind was on elsewhat that hot summer evening after tea. (Memories of the Gorbals)
> But his eyes were saying elsewhat (One shining summer, Quinn Wilder)
Once a respectable English word, deriving from Old English /elles hwat/. Unfortunately it died out.
See also [elsewhere], and compare [elsewhen] (1418), [elsewho] (1542), [elsehow] (modern).
> It takes time and effort which might usefully be spent doing elsewhat. (The Face, Nick Logan)
> His mind was on elsewhat that hot summer evening after tea. (Memories of the Gorbals)
> But his eyes were saying elsewhat (One shining summer, Quinn Wilder)