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nevermore

nevermore

2 9.9
Not at any time in the future, used in old or poetic language
  • adverb
  • /ˈnɛvərˌmɔr/
  • Archaic
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  • You graduate students with your dissertations and resolve nevermore to renounce the pleasure of life for the sake of reasoning and philosophy.

You graduate students with your dissertations and resolve nevermore to renounce the pleasure of life for the sake of reasoning and philosophy.

Examples

  • Like Mancuso, all Rosselli could look forward to was a staff job, commanding a desk, nevermore to hold the godlike post of commanding officer of a ship of war.

    Fiction book (1991)

  • And so nevermore shall we see you again

    Jaws (1975)

  • All I desire is that your name may nevermore be mentioned to your obliged humble servant, Sophie Western."

    Tom Jones (1963)

  • They will strike the meteor, sending it into a harmless orbit nevermore to menace Earth.

    Meteor (1979)

  • Certain of our families have been convinced, subscribed, and recanted, and have promised nevermore to profess H.N. nor his doctrine.

    Academic text (2018)

  • After the storm, I promised myself to nevermore ignore the warnings of nature.

  • With the new law in place, they vowed nevermore to engage in such dangerous activities.

  • The artist declared nevermore to return to that dark period of her life, focusing only on the future.

Synonyms

never again
vsnevermore
65 2.1

It does not happen at any time in the future

is the literary or archaic form rather than plain modern language
ne'er
vsnevermore
  • Archaic
9.9

Not ever at any time

is the literary or archaic form instead of a spoken contraction
nimmer
vsnevermore
  • Archaic
9.9

At no time

is literary or archaic while the other is standard modern phrasing

Surface Forms

nevermore positive

Morphology

nevermore = never + more (transparent) = never + more

A straightforward compound of 'never' + 'more' whose meaning 'never again' is directly predictable from its components despite being literary.

Etymology

Nevermore is made of never ('not ever') and more ('again'), so it literally means 'never again'. A helpful way to remember it is Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven, where a bird keeps saying 'Nevermore' to show that something will not happen again.