whilom
英 ['waɪləm]
美
- adj. 从前的；以前的
- adv. 以前，从前；曾经
英文词源
- whilom (adv.)
- "at time past" (archaic), c. 1200, from Old English hwilum "at times," dative case of while (q.v.). As a conjunction from 1610s. Similar formation in German weiland "formerly."