why : Idioms & Phrases

Index

For why

  • because; why. See Forwhy. Obs. or Colloq.
  • . (a) Why; for that reason; wherefore. Obs. (b) Because. Obs. See Forwhy.
Webster 1913

why-not

Why"-not` noun
Definitions
  1. A violent and peremptory procedure without any assigned reason; a sudden conclusive happening. Obs.
    When the church Was taken with a why-not in the lurch. Hudibras.
    This game . . . was like to have been lost with a why-not. Nugæ Antiq.
Webster 1913