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erewhile

adv

Etymology

From ere + while.

  1. derived from *kʷyeh₁-✻ — “to rest”
  2. inherited from *hwīlō✻
  3. inherited from *hwīlu✻
  4. inherited from hwīl
  5. inherited from whyle
  6. formed as erewhile — “ere + while”

Definitions

  1. Some time ago

    Some time ago; beforehand; formerly.

    • I am as fair now as I was erewhile.
    • She runs you through, nor asks the word. O thou, that dear and happy Isle, The garden of the world erewhile, Thou Paradise of the four seas Which Heaven planted us to please,
    • The dame sans merci's broken strain, Whom I erewhile, perchance, have known, When Orleans filled the Bourbon throne, A siren singing by the Seine.

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