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whi·lom    Audio Help   [hwahy-luhm, wahy-] Pronunciation Key Archaic.
–adjective
1.former; erstwhile: whilom friends.
–adverb
2.at one time.
[Origin: bef. 900; ME; OE hwīlum at times, dat. pl. of hwīl while (n.)]
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whi·lom    Audio Help   (hwī'ləm, wī'-)  Pronunciation Key 
adj.   Having once been; former: the whilom editor in chief.

adv.   Archaic
At a past time; formerly.


[Middle English, at times, from Old English hwīlum, dative pl. of hwīl, time, while; see kweiə- in Indo-European roots.]

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whilom 
"at time past" (archaic), c.1200, from O.E. hwilum "at times," dative case of while (q.v.). Cf. Ger. weiland "formerly."

Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper

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