muchwhat en · ADV
Pronunciation
- /ˈmʌtʃ.wɒt/ (UK)
Etymology
From much + what.
Meanings
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(not-comparable, obsolete) Nearly, almost; much.
But the braggart boaster cried that an old Nobodaddy was in his cups it was muchwhat indifferent and he would not lag behind his lead.
1922 February 2, James Joyce, “[Episode 14]”, in Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC:If we will disbelieve every thing, because we cannot know all things, we shall do muchwhat as wisely as he who would not use his legs because he had no wings to fly.
1689 (indicated as 1690), [John Locke], “Introduction”, in An Essay Concerning Humane Understanding. […], London: […] Eliz[abeth] Holt, for Thomas Basset, […], →OCLC:. . . muchwhat after the same manner as in the first imaginant.
1665, Joseph Glanvill, chapter 24, in Scepsis Scientifica:
Forms
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| much what | alternative | lexicographic | |
| much-what | alternative | lexicographic |