Associations to the word «Erstwhile»

Wiktionary

ERSTWHILE, adverb. Formerly; in the past.
ERSTWHILE, adjective. (literary) (legal) Former, previous.

Dictionary definition

ERSTWHILE, adverb. At a previous time; "at one time he loved her"; "her erstwhile writing"; "she was a dancer once";.
ERSTWHILE, adjective. Belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover".

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin