whilom
[adjective]
Synonyms: former, bygone, erstwhile, late, old, once, onetime, past, quondam, sometime

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whilom adverb, adjective, & conjunction. ['wʌɪlǝm]
[Old English hwīlom dat. pl. of WHILE noun.]
A. adverb.
1. = WHILE adverb 1. OE-L16.

2. At one time, formerly. Cf. WHILE adverb 2. Now literary. ME.
■ A. R. Ammons The spider, whilom serene, / attacks to feed.

3. At a future time, in future. ME-E16.
b. adjective. That existed or was such at a former time. Formerly also, (of a person) late, deceased. Now literary. LME.
Nature There..speaks the whilom managing editor of the Journal of Bacteriology.
C. conjunction. = WHILE conjunction 1, 2. dial. E17.

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