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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."