Definition of "whilome" [whilome]

• Alternative form of whilom. (adverb)
• Alternative form of whilom. (adjective)
• Alternative form of whilom. (conjunction)

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• "She said, It hath reached me, O auspicious King, that when As'ad found himself bound and beaten and sore with beating he recalled his whilome condition of honour and prosperity and dominion and lordship, and he wept and groaned aloud and recited these couplets,"
• "The senate — once the most grave and stern and just assembly that the world had seen — was now, with but a few superb exceptions, a timid, faithless, and licentious oligarchy; while — name whilome so majestical and mighty! — the people, the great Roman people, was but a mob!"
• "As’ad found himself bound and beaten and sore with beating he recalled his whilome condition of honour and prosperity and dominion and lordship, and he wept and groaned aloud and recited these couplets,"