whomsoever
pron/ˌhumsoʊˈɛvəɹ/US
Etymology
From Middle English whom so evere, whom soever, whom-so-ever, whom-so-evere, whomsoever, whom-so-evyr. By surface analysis, whom + so + ever.
- derived from whom so evere
Definitions
Whatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition)
Whatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition): emphasised or elaborated form of whomever.
- We shall tell the good news to whomsoever we meet.
- Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.
- Whomsoever I've cured, I've sickened now / And whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
No curated loop yet for whomsoever. 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