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English
Adverb
whilome (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of whilom
1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book I”, in The Faerie Queene. , London: [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC, stanza 1, page 1:Lo I the man, vvhoſe Muſe vvhilome did maske, / As time her taught, in lowly Sheapards vveeds, / Am novv enforſt a far unfitter taske, […]
1603, Michel de Montaigne, “Of Sumptuarie Lawes, or Lawes for Moderating of Expences”, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes , book I, London: Val Simmes for Edward Blount , →OCLC, page 145:VVith ſuch an invention [a sumptuary law] did Zelevcus vvhilome correct the corrupted maners of the Locrines.
1808 February 22, Walter Scott, “Introduction to Canto Fifth: To George Ellis, Esq.”, in Marmion; a Tale of Flodden Field, Edinburgh: J Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Company, ; London: William Miller, and John Murray, →OCLC, page 231:They who whilome, in midnight fight, / Had marvelled at her matchless might, / No less her maiden charms approved, / But looking liked, and liking loved.
Adjective
whilome (not comparable)
- Alternative spelling of whilom
Conjunction
whilome
- Alternative spelling of whilom
1647, Theodore de la Guard [pseudonym; Nathaniel Ward], The Simple Cobler of Aggawam in America. , London: J D & R I for Stephen Bowtell, , →OCLC, page 77:Subjects their King, the King his Subjects greets, / VVhilome the Scepter and the Plough-ſtaffe meets.