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forwhy

conj

Etymology

From Middle English forwhy, forwhi, from Old English forhwī, forhwȳ (“why, wherefore”). Equivalent to for + why.

  1. inherited from forhwī
  2. inherited from forwhy

Definitions

  1. Because

    Because; for the reason that.

    • Then did he cast to steale her thence away, / And with him beare where none of her might know: / But all in vaine, for-why he found no way / To enter in […]
    • But of the day—and of the weeks bygone, and of many other things—this deponent saith nil, whereby and forwhy he is going to bed.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for forwhy. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA