compound relative

noun

1

: a relative pronoun, adjective, or adverb used without an antecedent (as what in "what he says is true", where in "this is where he was born")

2

: a compound formed by adding so, ever, or soever to a relative pronoun (whoso, whichever, whatsoever)

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