erstwhileadv.adj.

/ˈəːsthwʌɪl/

Etymology: < erst adj. and adv. + while adv. (The stress is variable.)

A. adv.

Some while ago, formerly. archaic. Also † ˈerstwhiles n. [see whiles n., conj., and adv.] Obsolete in same sense.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

1569 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Sonets in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. C.vii^v Which erstwhile [later edd. earst] so pleasaunt scent did yelde.

1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xix. 71 They..resist the truth erstwhile by them professed.

1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 184 Those very same minds, wherein they were erst-whiles enshrined with all devotion.

1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 209 Which our adversarie also Earstwhiles confessed.

1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 180 Those thick and clammy vapours which erstwhile ascended in such vast measures..must..descend again.

1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 407 During that year the clouds erstwhile had withheld their dew from the earth.

B. adj. = former.

(Cf. whilom adv.) literary.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]

ererc888

fernOE

oldOE

formerc1160

ratherc1330

before-goingc1384

formerc1384

forenexta1400

formea1400

while1399

antecedentc1400

precedentc1400

anteceding?a1425

late1446

whilom1452

preceding?a1475

forne1485

fore1490

heretofore1491

foregoing1530

toforegoing1532

further1557

firster1571

then1584

elder1594

quondam1598

forehand1600

previant1601

preallable1603

prior1607

anterior1608

previal1613

once1620

previous1621

predecessivea1627

antecedaneous?1631

preventive1641

prior1641

precedaneous1645

preventional1649

antegredient1652

senior1655

prevenient1656

precedential1661

antecedental1763

past-gone1784

antevenient1800

aforetime1835

one-time1850

onewhile1882

foretime1894

erstwhile1903

antecedane-

ere-

1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) iii. 31 The erstwhile portly mother of daughters.

1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 13/1 A tottering pleasure-resort, whose erstwhile patrons look more longingly every year at the pretty and easily reached villages of Normandy and Brittany.

1925 L. Housman Odd Pairs i. 24 Her erstwhile rival.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019).

单词	erstwhile
释义	erstwhileadv.adj. /ˈəːsthwʌɪl/ Etymology: < erst adj. and adv. + while adv. (The stress is variable.) A. adv. Some while ago, formerly. archaic. Also † ˈerstwhiles n. [see whiles n., conj., and adv.] Obsolete in same sense. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 1569 E. Spenser tr. J. du Bellay Sonets in T. Roest tr. J. van der Noot Theatre Worldlings sig. C.vii^v Which erstwhile [later edd. earst] so pleasaunt scent did yelde. 1584 R. Scot Discouerie Witchcraft iii. xix. 71 They..resist the truth erstwhile by them professed. 1599 E. Sandys Europæ Speculum (1632) 184 Those very same minds, wherein they were erst-whiles enshrined with all devotion. 1624 T. Gataker Discuss. Transubstant. 209 Which our adversarie also Earstwhiles confessed. 1662 J. Glanvill Lux Orientalis xiv. 180 Those thick and clammy vapours which erstwhile ascended in such vast measures..must..descend again. 1881 A. J. Duffield tr. M. de Cervantes Don Quixote II. 407 During that year the clouds erstwhile had withheld their dew from the earth. B. adj. = former. (Cf. whilom adv.) literary. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- 1903 ‘A. McNeill’ Egregious Eng. (ed. 3) iii. 31 The erstwhile portly mother of daughters. 1909 Westm. Gaz. 21 Aug. 13/1 A tottering pleasure-resort, whose erstwhile patrons look more longingly every year at the pretty and easily reached villages of Normandy and Brittany. 1925 L. Housman Odd Pairs i. 24 Her erstwhile rival. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1891; most recently modified version published online March 2019). < adv.adj.1569
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