Saturday, February 26, 2011

Word of the Day-Erstwhile

Today's Words Of The Day: Erstwhile

Erstwhile (URST-wile) - from the Middle English for "earliest" + "while" - means former.

Example (as used by Edna St. Vincent Millay in her poem "Passer Mortuus Est"): "After all, my erstwhile dear, / My no longer cherished, / Need we say it was not love, / Just because it perished?"

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