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whilom |
1 definition found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Whilom \Whi"lom\ (hw[imac]"l[u^]m), adv [AS. hw[=i]lum, properly, at times, dative pl of hw[=i]l; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hw[=i]l[=o]m, See {While}, n.] Formerly; once; of old erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us There was a duke that highte Theseus. --Chaucer.
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