whereat
Conjunction
Meaning
At which; upon which; whereupon; -- used relatively.
At what; -- used interrogatively; as, whereat are you offended?
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Whereat some one of the loquacious Lot - I think a Sufi pipkin-waxing hot - "All this of Pot and Potter - Tell me then, Who is the Potter, pray, and who the Pot?"
Alas, when We came once again, We beheld you fleeing from Us, whereat the eye of My loving-kindness wept sore over My people."
His wife chides him: whereat he waxes wroth, beats her, and tells his comrades what they know better than he.