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71quondam — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. former, past, onetime; see former , preceding . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having been such previously: erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, past, previous, sometime, whilom. See PRECEDE …
72sometime — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. one day, in a time to come, in the future; see someday . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) adjective Having been such previously: erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, past, previous, quondam, whilom. See PRECEDE …
73Preterition — (Roget s Thesaurus) >Retrospective time. < N PARAG:Preterition >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 the past the past past time Sgm: N 1 days of yore days of yore times of yore days of old times of old days past times past days gone by times gone by …
74weiland — Adv damals erw. obs. (10. Jh.), mhd. wīlent, älter wīlen, ahd. (h)wīlōn, wīlūn, as. hwīlon Stammwort. Wie ae. hwīlum adverbialer Instrumental zu dem Wort Weile, heute in archaisierender Schreibung. Der Dental ist sekundär angetreten. Ebenso ne …
75Forthright's Forsoothery — Zounds! Whosoever shall gaze hither may find a trove of long lost words and betimes cry, Heyday! or Gramercy! No, seriously, though: This word list exemplifies forsoothery (sometimes also known as gadzookery ): archaic terms, especially as used… …
76seldom — O.E. seldum, alteration of seldan rare, on analogy of adverbial dative plurals in um (e.g. whilom at one time ), from P.Gmc. *selda strange, rare (Cf. O.N. sjaldan, O.Fris. selden, Du. zelden, Ger. selten), perhaps ultimately from the base of… …
77sometime — I. ad. 1. Once, formerly. 2. Now and then, at one time or other, sometimes. II. a. Former, late, whilom …
78at one time — she was a nurse at one time Syn: formerly, previously, once, in the past, at one point, once upon a time, time was when, one fine day, in days/times gone by, in times past, in the (good) old days, long ago, back in the day; literary in days/times …
79once — 1. adverb 1) I spoke to him only once Syn: on one occasion, one time, one single time Ant: twice, many times, often 2) he did not once help Syn: ever, at any time …
80former — adj 1. prior, earlier, previous, foregone; preceding, precedent, foregoing, antecedent, anterior; erstwhile, whilom, last; preexistent, preliminary; quondam, one time, Archaic. sometime. 2. past, long past, bygone, long ago, ancient; antediluvian …
