whencesoever
Americanadverb
conjunction
Etymology
Origin of whencesoever
1505–15; modeled on wheresoever; see whence
Example Sentences
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Whosoever you be, Aasta, and whencesoever you came," said Kenric, "I now declare you to be free of your bondage.
From The Thirsty Sword by Leighton, Robert
However it was made, and whencesoever the material or suggestion borrowed, he came by a very admirable instrument for the telling of stories.
From Robert Louis Stevenson by Raleigh, Walter Alexander, Sir
Swift's darling motto was, Vive la bagatelle—a good wish for a philosopher of his complexion, the greater part of whose wisdom, whencesoever it came, most certainly came not from above.
From Selected English Letters (XV - XIX Centuries) by Wragg, H.
It would have cost my poor old uncle no pangs to accept Blanche's fortune, whencesoever it came; he can't even understand, he is bitterly indignant—heart-stricken, almost—at the scruples which actuate me in refusing it.
From The History of Pendennis, Volume 2 His Fortunes and Misfortunes, His Friends and His Greatest Enemy by Thackeray, William Makepeace
Now, whatever may have been the root of this word, or whencesoever it may have been derived, I think it must be admitted that starve is the correct meaning of the word in these passages.
From Notes and Queries, Number 194, July 16, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc by Bell, George
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