英和和英

語源

From 中期英語 whom so evere, whom soever, whom-so-ever, whom-so-evere, whomsoever, whom-so-evyr. By surface analysis, whom +‎ so +‎ -ever.

発音

• (米国発音) IPA: /ˌhumsoʊˈɛvəɹ/
• 韻: -ɛvə(ɹ)

代名詞

whomsoever (objective case of whosoever) (formal)

1. (now formal) 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.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 26:48:

     Whomsoever I shall kiss, that same is he: hold him fast.

   • 1994, Chris Cornell, “Fell on Black Days”‎ (Grunge), performed by Soundgarden, Seattle, Washington:

     Whomsoever I've cured, I've sickened now / And whomsoever I've cradled, I've put you down

使用する際の注意点

See who and whom.

関連する語

• whom
• whomever

アナグラム

• howsomever, whosomever