wherethrough

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UK/wɛːˈθɹuː/

adverb

Through which.

“There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.”

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Meanings

adverbwherethrough (not comparable)
  1. archaicnot comparableThrough which.

    There was also a small window, wherethrough a prisoner might conceivably escape.

  2. not comparableobsoleteBy means of which; whereby.

    1874, Ernest Myers (transl.), The Extant Odes of Pindar, translated into English, Olympian Ode V, page 16. […] the river Oanis, and the lake of his native land, and the sacred channels wherethrough doth Hipparis give water to the people, […]

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    They perceived her to be capable of diverse passions, and agitated by many languishing and painfull motions, wherethrough she fell into wearinesse and griefe[…].

    1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 12, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC

Origin

From where + through, compare Middle English wherethorow.

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APA

wherethrough. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherethrough

MLA

“wherethrough.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherethrough. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “wherethrough,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/wherethrough.

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