whilom
/ˈwʌɪləm
/archaic
adverb
Formerly; in the past: the wistful eyes which whilom glanced down upon the fields...
- ‘Whom did I see but the whilom nursery governess sitting on a chair in one of these gardens’, meaning that the lady had once been a governess, but was one no longer.
- Legality documentary been had present award winning range director Branko Istvancic, he said that it is ‘sad story talk about evanescence life as we whilom live’.
adjective
Former; erstwhile: a whilom circus acrobat
Origin
Old English hwīlum 'at times', dative plural of hwīl (see while).
Rhymes
- night night
- night nurse
- night office
- night of the long knives
- night op
- night operation
- night owl
- night paddock
- night parrot
- night partridge
- night-piece
- night porter
- night post
- night-rail
- night-raven
- night-rest
- nightrider
- night-riding
- night-robe
- night-runner
- night safe
- nightscape
- night scene
- night-scented
- night school