| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| whilom |
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| SYLLABICATION: | whi·lom |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  hw  l m, w- |
| ADJECTIVE: | Having once been; former: the whilom editor in chief. | | ADVERB: | Archaic At a past time; formerly. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Middle English, at times, from Old English hwlum, dative pl. of hwl, time, while. See kwei- in Appendix I.
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