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whereat

conj
/wɛəɹˈæt/

Etymology

From where- + at.

  1. inherited from *h₂éd✻ — “near, at”
  2. inherited from *at✻ — “at, near, to”
  3. inherited from *at✻
  4. inherited from æt — “at, near, by, toward”
  5. inherited from at
  6. prefixed as whereat — “where + at”

Definitions

  1. At which, or toward which.

    • Again she saw that bosom old, / Again she felt that bosom cold, / And drew in her breath with a hissing sound: / Whereat the Knight turn'd wildly round, / And nothing saw, but his own sweet maid / With eyes uprais'd, as one that pray'd.

  2. Because of which

    Because of which; whereupon.

    • Whereat in a moment of cross unruth He thought, “All right if you want the truth!” “I don't believe it! It isn't true! It never happened! Did it, you?” Seeing no help in wings or feet She withdrew back in self-retreat[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whereat. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA