umwhile

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.

umwhile (not comparable)

1. (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.

umwhile (not comparable)

1. (obsolete outside dialects, chiefly Scotland) formerly; late; whilom.

• umquhile

um- +‎ while

• IPA^(key): [ˈʌmʍəil]

umwhile (not comparable)

1. formerly

umwhile (not comparable)

1. (archaic) erstwhile, former, late, deceased