Definition of whatso in English:
whatso
determiner & pronoun ˈwɒtsəʊ
archaic Whatever.
as pronoun whatso goes into their brain comes out as prose
Example sentencesExamples
- Then said the king, ‘Choose for thyself a horse, and whatso thing else thou desirest among my matters.’
- They answered, ‘O our lord, we know not at all, but he bade us deface whatso we had done.’
Origin
Middle English: reduced form of Old English swā hwæt swā 'so what so'.
Definition of whatso in US English:
whatso
pronoun & determinerˈ(h)wät-
archaic Whatever.
as pronoun whatso goes into their brain comes out as prose
Example sentencesExamples
- They answered, ‘O our lord, we know not at all, but he bade us deface whatso we had done.’
- Then said the king, ‘Choose for thyself a horse, and whatso thing else thou desirest among my matters.’
Origin
Middle English: reduced form of Old English swā hwæt swā ‘so what so’.