whilom - 4 dictionary results
whi⋅lom
[hwahy-luh
m, wahy-] 
Archaic.–adjective
| 1. | former; erstwhile: whilom friends. |
–adverb
| 2. | at one time. |
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| whi·lom (hwī'ləm, wī'-) 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
Whi"lom\ (hw[imac]"l[u^]m), adv. [AS. hw[=i]lum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hw[=i]l; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hw[=i]l[=o]m, See While, n.] Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. --Chaucer.
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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."
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