nowhither

adv

Etymology: From Middle English nowhider, from Old English nāhwider. Analyzable as no + whither.

1. nowhere; to no place.

   “This stuffed rump of mine saves not me only from rheumatism, but you also from what other isms! In this your Life-pilgrimage Nowhither, a fine Squallacci marching-music, and Gregorian Chant, accompanies you, and the hollow Night of Orcus is well hid!”

   “They come nowhence, and they go nowhither. But now I see them and all things as ever moving symbols of the motions of man's spirit and destiny.”