Lexicon: whole – wide

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whole, n. [see whole, adj.] (webplay: God, heart, love, precept, total).

  1. Entirety; completeness; sum; totality.
  2. Human race; entire world.
  3. Phrase. “The whole”: everything; all of it; a complete transpiring of events.

wholesome, adj. [OE *hálsum, salutary, healthy; see whole, adj.]

Salutary; healthy; beneficial; [word play] decent; appropriate; proper; suitable.

wholly, adv. [ME hol(l)iche < OE hállíce; see whole, adj.]

Entirely; completely; perfectly; totally. (520/656)

whom, pron. [OE; interrogative or relative pronoun.]

whoso, pron. [ME wha, swa, hwa se, generalized form of hwa, who.] (webplay: person, whatever).

  1. Whoever; anyone; whomsoever; Biblical in nuance.
  2. A rare someone, almost unknown.
  3. Someone who does the impossible.

whosoever, pron. [whoso + ever.] (webplay: ever, person, so, whatever, will).

A rare someone; someone who can perform an impossible task; someone who knows the unknowable; someone who can release his own will.

why, adv. [OE hwi, hwy.]

  1. For what purpose; how come.
  2. For which cause; for what cause.
  3. Oh!; Ah!; Aha! [used emphatically to emphasize a point].
  4. For what reason.
  5. The cause; how come.

why, n. [OE.]

  1. The reason; the purpose.
  2. Question; inquiry; [fig.] doubt; incertitude; insecurity about death; wondering about the pain of separation.

wick (-s), n. [OE wid.] (webplay: candle, running).

  1. Device for transforming fuel oil into heat or light, for conveying energy.
  2. Life force; something that allows one to live.
  3. Life force; love; warmth; spiritual condition that makes a house a home; living soul.
  4. Life, doddering, fragile, but lit.
  5. Colors of the sunset; light.
  6. Stars; starlight.
  7. Inspiration; insight; wisdom; power; talent.

wide (wider), adj. [OE wid.] (webplay: between, broad, certain, far, feet, great, long, narrow, sides, spread, way).

  1. Unbroken; apparently limitless.
  2. Bright.
  3. Huge, unlimited heaven, vast, eternal.
  4. Bleak; empty.
  5. Comprehensive; absorbent; all encompassing.
  6. Innocent; without skepticism; open; believing.
  7. Free; unlimited; without constraint.
  8. Outreach; ambition; extension.
  9. Extent, lethality of a wound.
  10. Inviting entrance, as to heaven.