umwhile
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle English umwhile, umwhyle, umbewhile, from the phrase umbe while (literally “at times, at some time”). Analyzable as um- + while. More at umbe, while.
Adjective[edit]
umwhile (not comparable)
- (obsolete outside dialects, chiefly Scotland) erstwhile; late; former.
- 1831, Sir Walter Scott, Waverly, or Six Years Since[1]:
- which devolved on this unhappy woman by a settlement of her umwhile husband.
Adverb[edit]
umwhile (not comparable)
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Adverb[edit]
umwhile (not comparable)
Adjective[edit]
umwhile (not comparable)
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