nevermore

[ nev-er-mawr, -mohr ]

adverb

1. never again; never thereafter:

   And nevermore were the elves seen in that town.

nevermore

/ ˌnɛvəˈmɔː /

adverb

1. literary.
   never again

Word History and Origins

Origin of nevermore¹

Middle English word dating back to 1175–1225; never, more

Example Sentences

Edgar Allan Poe writes children's books: "Still that hatted cat comes calling, Nameless Things with him enthralling Children who, their caution falling, Heed their parents nevermore."

From Washington Post

The virus has canceled the rites that human beings have created to usher the people they love into the nevermore.

From Washington Post

Apples painted with nevermore are piled on the banquet tables in such quantity as to send half the Court dreaming.

From Literature

This creature inevitably brings to mind Edgar Allan Poe’s Raven, who arrived upon a midnight dreary to intone the single word “nevermore.”

From New York Times

Now it stood before him, staring, nevermore to be escaped, and its mouth was enlarged without any limit.

From Literature