WHEREABOUT

Etymology

Adverb

whereabout (not comparable)

(archaic) About which; concerning which.

About where.

Source: Wiktionary


Where"a*bout`, Where"a*bouts`, adv.

1. About where; near what or which place; -- used interrogatively and relatively; as, whereabouts did you meet him

Note: In this sense, whereabouts is the common form.

2. Concerning which; about which. "The object whereabout they are conversant." Hooker.

Where"a*bout`, Where"a*bouts`, n.

Definition: The place where a person or thing is; as, they did not know his whereabouts. Shak. A puzzling notice of thy whereabout. Wordsworth.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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