different between whatsoever vs whosoever

English

Etymology

what +? soever

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?w?ts????v?(?)/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?(h)w?tso???v?/
• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Adjective

whatsoever (not comparable)

1. Whatever.
2. In any way; at all.
   • 2019 — Dierdre Nicole Green, "'I'm the Bishop!' and other Reflections" A Place to Belong, Deseret Book (2019), ?ISBN page 141]:

     ...my father's role as the ecclesiastical leader of our ward gave me no license whatsoever to expect obedience from my agemates?

Alternative forms

• what-so-ever

Synonyms

• (in any way): whatever (dated)

Translations

Pronoun

whatsoever

1. (archaic) whatever

   • Whatsoever God hath said unto thee, do.

   • c. 1613-1621, Francis Bacon, The judicial charge upon the commission of Oyer and Terminer held for the verge of the Court

     […] I must require you to use diligence in presenting especially those purloinings and imbezlements, which are of plate, vessel, or whatsoever within the King's house.

Usage notes

The word is sometimes divided by tmesis: “What things soever ye desire”. (Mark 11:24)

English

Etymology

who +? soever

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /hu?s????v?/
• (US) IPA^(key): /hu?so???v?/

• Rhymes: -?v?(r)

Pronoun

whosoever (objective whomsoever, possessive whosesoever)

1. whichever person; whoever
   • 1597 – William Shakespeare, Richard II v 3

     If thou do pardon, whosoever pray,
     More sins for this forgiveness prosper may.

   • 1611 – King James Version of the Bible, Luke 6:47

     "Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like"

   • 18?? – Thomas Carlyle, On Heroes, Hero-Worship, and the Heroic in History

     This world, after all our science and sciences, is still a miracle wonderful, inscrutable, magical and more, to whosoever will think of it.

   • 1982 – Michael Jackson, Thriller

     Whosoever shall be found without the soul for getting down, must stand and face the hounds of hell

Usage notes

• See who and whom.

Translations

Related terms

• who
• whoever
• whomsoever

Anagrams

• howsoever