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whereout

whereout conjunction: out of which.

Conjunction

whereout

  1. (archaic) Out of which.
    • There was one upon a time, who being of this mind, that there was nothing ſo honeſt as to crave and receive, begged of Archelaus the king of Macedonie (as he ſate at ſupper) the cup of golde whereout he drunke himſelfe; […]1603, Plutarch, “Of Vnseemely and Navghty Bashfvlnesse”, in Philemon Holland, transl., The Philosophie, Commonlie Called, The Morals […], London: […] Arnold Hatfield, →OCLC, page 167

Origin of whereout

From where- + out.

Questions about whereout

What does whereout mean?
Whereout means out of which.
What part of speech is whereout?
Whereout is a conjunction.

Words near whereout in the dictionary

  1. wherenesses
  2. wherenot
  3. whereof
  4. whereon
  5. whereonto
  6. whereout
  7. whereover
  8. wheres
  9. whereso
  10. wheresoe'er
  11. wheresoeer

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