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quondam

[ kwon-duhm, -dam ]

adjective

  1. his quondam partner.



quondam

/ ˈɒԻæ /

adjective

  1. prenominal of an earlier time; former

    her quondam lover

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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quondam1

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1530–50
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of quondam1

C16: from Latin adv: formerly
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The animal itself was as peaceful and well-behaved as that father of all picture-wolves—Red Riding Hood’s quondam friend, whilst moving her confidence in masquerade.

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He put his laser beam away, bent, and, with curiosity, examined the body of his quondam superior.

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We arrived at our destination; where our hostess, seeing the state of my quondam master, refused us the room.

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You get the porthole windows of the quondam Seamen’s Union building and a tiny storefront that grandly introduces itself as the National School of Dancing.

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Hitchens was, not for the first time, drawing on the conceptual repertoire of his quondam Trotskyism to justify his stance.

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