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whosoever

pron
/huːsəʊˈɛvə/UK/huːsoʊˈɛvɚ/US

Etymology

From Middle English whosoever. By surface analysis, who + so + ever.

  1. inherited from whosoever

Definitions

  1. Whatever person or persons

    Whatever person or persons: emphasised or elaborated form of whoever.

    • Whosoever partakes of this elixir shall have eternal life.
    • If thou do pardon whoſoeuer pray, / More ſinnes for this forgiueneſs proſper may: […]
    • Whoſoeuer commeth to me, and heareth my ſayings, and doeth them, I will ſhew you to whom he is like.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for whosoever. 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