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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.

wherethan en · CCONJ

Pronunciation

  • hwârdhănʹ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ʍɛəˈðæn/ (Received-Pronunciation)

Etymology

From where + than.

Meanings

  1. (rare) Than which.
    • Then Miriam wept passing sore wherethan naught could be more, making sure of separation, and cried to the druggist's wife, “O my mother, said I not to thee that my lord Nur al-Din had been tricked into selling me? […] 1885, Richard Francis Burton, One Thousand and One Nights: