Whomsoever

//ˌhumsoʊˈɛvəɹ// pron

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Pronoun
  1. 1
    Whatever person or persons (as object of a verb or preposition): emphasised or elaborated form of whomever. formal

    "We shall tell the good news to whomsoever we meet."

Example

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"Whomsoever she invites, she is quite hospitable."

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.

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