whenceness noun2 •The state or condition of being from somewhere.As we followed him along the street, he explained our whyness, whenceness, and whitherness to all the loafing children of the sun who inquired of him. — 1911 •An unspecified location or condition from which something or someone has come.No one knows how long it took the deep-sea canoes to reach Hawaii from New Zealand, or other whencenesses. — 1937 formswhencenesses
