ˈnowhat, n. and adv.
[f. no a. + what, on analogy of somewhat.]
† A. n. Nothing. Obs. rare—1.
| 1530 Rastell Bk. Purgat. i. ii, There was evermore a thyng or nothyng, somwhat or nowhat. |
B. adv. Not at all, not in the least.
| 1651 Fuller Abel Rediv., Jerome (1867) I. 31 The malice of his adversaries being no what abated in violence. 1867 Trollope Chron. Barset II. 99 Many kisses,..of which she had been nowhat ashamed. |