wherethan

English

Etymology

where +‎ than

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) enPR: hwârdhănʹ, IPA^(key): /ʍɛəˈðæn/

Conjunction

wherethan

(rare) Than which.
- Sir Richard Francis Burton, One Thousand and One Nights
  Then Miriam wept passing sore wherethan naught could be more, making sure of separation, and cried to the druggist's wife, “O my mother, said I not to thee that my lord Nur al-Din had been tricked into selling me? […]

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