• IPA: /ˈwaɪləm/, /ˈʍaɪləm/

whilom (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) While.
2. (dated) Once upon a time, formerly.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 43, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes, […], book I, printed at London: By Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], OCLC 946730821 ↗:

     With such an invention did Zeleucus whilome correct the corrupted manners of the Locrines.

• (while)
• (formerly) beforehand, erenow; see also Thesaurus:formerly

• Russian: не́когда

whilom (not comparable)

1. (now literary) Former, sometime.

• (former) erstwhile, former, late, quondam, sometime; see also Thesaurus:former

1. (now literary) While.

• See also Thesaurus:while