whomst

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English

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Etymology

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From whom +‎ -st (excrescent suffix).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /huːmst/
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  • Rhymes: -uːmst

Pronoun

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whomst

  1. (archaic, now chiefly humorous) Nonstandard form of who or whom.
    • 1884, William Reid, Romance of song; or, The muse in many moods, page 63:
      May I embrace him on the Further Shore,
       Where thy tumultuous tide shall never rise
      To overwhelm thy fated pilgrims more,
      Whomst thou, sad sea, unto the Lord shalt yet restore.
    • 1892, Bret Harte, Overland Monthly and Out West Magazine:
      "Squaire, whomst did you say were a-hangin' arfter you ?" he asked without advancing a step.
    • 1983, Joel Chandler Harris, The Complete Tales of Uncle Remus, compiled and edited by Richard Chase, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, →ISBN, page 762:
      All an' simely, whichever, an' whoever, an' wharsomever, speshually de howcome an' de whatshisname, de 'fo' said, flainter an' flender, le' 'im come headfo'most inter de court-house, whar de high she'ff an' de low kin lay 'im down an' flatten 'im out; all whomst she mought consarn.