whatso

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Definition of whatso

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

pron

(obsolete)Whatever, whatsoever.

“So she went out to fetch her needful from the Bazar and Alaeddin retired to his chamber and taking the Lamp rubbed it, when forthright appeared to him its Slave and said, "Ask, O my lord, whatso thou wantest."”
“Whatso looks lovelily / Is but the rainbow on life's weeping rain. / Why have we longings of immortal pain, / And all we long for mortal?”

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pron

(obsolete)Whatever, whatsoever.

“So she went out to fetch her needful from the Bazar and Alaeddin retired to his chamber and taking the Lamp rubbed it, when forthright appeared to him its Slave and said, "Ask, O my lord, whatso thou wantest."”
“Whatso looks lovelily / Is but the rainbow on life's weeping rain. / Why have we longings of immortal pain, / And all we long for mortal?”

adj

(abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, not-comparable, obsolete)Clipping of whatsoever.

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From Middle English whatso, from Old English hwæt swā; equivalent to what + so.

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