whilest

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English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

whiles +‎ -t

Conjunction[edit]

whilest

  1. Obsolete form of whilst.

Etymology 2[edit]

while +‎ -est

Verb[edit]

whilest

  1. (archaic) second-person singular simple present indicative of while
    • 1843, Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, The Spanish Student, II, iv:
      I imagine nothing;
      I see how ’t is thou whilest the time away
      When I am gone!

Anagrams[edit]

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