whencesoever

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US /ˌwɛnssoʊˈɛvɚ/ UK /ˌwenssəʊˈevə/
adv Freq #1050504

Meanings

  1. 1
    adv

    from whatever place or source; from wherever

    Good advice, whencesoever it comes, should be judged on its merits.

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Synonyms
1 adv · from whatever place or... whenceverfrom whereverfrom whatever source
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Etymology

Formed from whence + so + ever. Whence already means 'from where,' while the emphatic compound extends it to any possible place or source. The word is now archaic or literary, and from wherever is the usual modern equivalent.

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