whilere

English

Etymology

From while +‎ ere.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /wʌɪˈlɛː/

Adverb

whilere (not comparable)

  1. (archaic) A while before; a short time ago.
    • 1590, Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene, I.ix:
      We met that villen (God from him me blesse) / That cursed wight, from whom I scapt whyleare, / A man of hell, that cals himselfe Despaire [...].
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