| 释义 |
whoso, pron. arch.|ˈhuːsəʊ|
Forms: see who and so: also 2–3 hwa se, hwase, (2 wa se), 3 hw(a)o se, Orm. whas(e, 3–5 wo se, 4 Sc. quha se, (woys), 4–5 whos, 4–6 whose, hose, 5 Sc. quhais, (9 dial. whos').
[ME. wha swa, hwa se, reduced form of OE. swá hwá swá, generalized form of hwá who: see so adv. 17 d.]
1. = whoever 1: Any (one) who.
1154O.E. Chron. (Laud MS.) an. 1135 Wua sua bare his byrthen gold & sylure, durste nan man sei to him naht bute god. c1200Ormin 677 Whas itt iss þatt wæpnedd iss wiþþ fulle trowwþe o Criste. c1205Lay. 3657 Wha swa wulle libba, alde þas sibba. [c 1275 Wo so wole libbe holde þus sibbe]. Ibid. 22307 Wha swa [c 1275 wose] come gladliche he sculden wurðe riche. 12..in Kemble Cod. Dipl. V. 236 Ho so hit beo ðæt ðis my dede in oðere wise hit buturne oðer ȝewanye. a1225Ancr. R. 46 Et uhtsonge schal siggen hwo se con Domine labia mea. 1297R. Glouc. (Rolls) 6253 Ofte wo so coueiteþ al, al leseþ. 13..Cursor M. 5829 (Gött.) Qua sua wil noght trou þe first, To trow þe toder him es best. c1330King of Tars 894 And hose nil not cristned be Hong hem heighe uppon a tre. c1400Mandeville (Roxb.) iii. 10 Wha so weddes ofter þan anes, þaire childer er bastardes. c1400Destr. Troy 5551 Wo so staris on þis story, or stodis þerin, Take hede on þe harmys & the hard lures! 1498in J. Bulloch Pynours (1887) 57 And quhais doys in the contrar..salbe punist. 1522More De quat. Noviss. Wks. 73/2 Now whoso seeth not, that his laughter is more madde than the laughter of the mad man, I hold him madder than they both. 1539Bible (Great) John vi. 54 Whoso eateth my flesshe & dryncketh my bloude, hath eternall lyfe. 1607Shakes. Timon v. i. 212 Who so please To stop Affliction, let him take his haste. 1667Milton P.L. ix. 724 This Tree, That whoso eats thereof, forthwith attains Wisdom. 1727Pope, etc. Art of Sinking 118 Whoso loseth his place..hath forfeited his share in publick praise. a1825Forby Voc. E. Anglia s.v., Whos' wull may do that. 1859Whittier On a Prayer-Book 12 Let whoso can before such praying-books Kneel on his velvet cushion. 1883Whitelaw Sophocles, Antigone 35 Whoso does this deed, A public death by stoning is his doom. 1891Conan Doyle White Company xxxvii, The last stern welcome to whoso should join with them.
2. = whoever 2: No matter who; † in early use often with mere unemphatic conditional force: If any one, if one.
c1300Beket (Percy Soc.) 35 Woldestou,..ho so it wolde bede the, Tholie deth for thi Louerdes love? 13..E.E. Allit. P. C. 5 For quo-so suffer cowþe syt, sele wolde folȝe. c1475Rauf Coilȝear 675 With Dosouris to the duris dicht, quha sa wald deme. 1876Morris æneids viii. 122 ‘Come forth’, he said, ‘whoso ye be’. |