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whi⋅lom

  [hwahy-luhm, wahy-] Archaic.
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–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   (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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Word Origin & History

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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