曾經,以前,從前以前的,從前的
Whilom \Whi"lom\ (hw[imac]"l[u^]m), adv. [AS. hw[=i]lum, properly, at times, dative pl. of hw[=i]l; akin to G. weiland formerly, OHG. hw[=i]l[=o]m, See {While}, n.] Formerly; once; of old; erewhile; at times. [Obs. or Poetic] --Spenser. Whilom, as olde stories tellen us, There was a duke that highte Theseus. --Chaucer.