who soとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From 中期英語 hoe so, hoo so, hoo-so, from 古期英語 hwā swā; equivalent to who +‎ so.

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代名詞

whoso (objective whomso, possessive whoseso)

1. (archaic) whosoever, whatever person
   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 23:20-21:

     Whoso therefore shall swear by the altar, sweareth by it, and by all things thereon. And whoso shall swear by the temple, sweareth by it, and by him that dwelleth therein.

   • 1866, Algernon Swinburne, Aholibah, lines 148-150:

     And whoso findeth by the sea
     Blown dust of bones will hardly say
     If this were that Aholibah.

   • 1898, Andrew Lang, Arabian Nights:

     Whoso raises his hand against you must answer to my sword.

   • 1896, Richard Le Gallienne, The Quest of the Golden Girl:

     And whoso kisseth those apples high, Who kisseth once is a king, Who kisseth twice shall never die, Who kisseth thrice--oh, were it I.

   • 1963, Martin Luther King, quoting Ralph Waldo Emerson, "Self-Reliance", quoted in "Strength to Love":

     Whoso would be a man would be a nonconformist.

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アナグラム

• how so, howso, whoos, woosh