whomstとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• IPA^(key): /huːmst/
• 韻: -uːmst

代名詞

whomst

1. (archaic, now chiefly humorous) Nonstandard form of who or whom.
   • 1884 William Reid, Romance of song; or, The muse in many moods, page 63:

     May I embrace him on the Further Shore,
      Where thy tumultuous tide shall never rise
     To overwhelm thy fated pilgrims more,
     Whomst thou, sad sea, unto the Lord shalt yet restore.

   • 1892, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine:

     "Squaire, whomst did you say were a-hangin' arfter you ?" he asked without advancing a step.