quondam

[ kwon-duhm, -dam ]

/ ˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm /

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adjective

former; one-time: his quondam partner.

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Origin of quondam

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1530–50

Words nearby quondam

quoit, quoits, quo jure?, quokka, quoll, quondam, Quonset hut, quor., quorate, Quorn, quorum

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How to use quondam in a sentence

Amongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland|Joseph Tatlow
The quondam midwife, with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and blessed the moment she had done a generous act.
The Science of Fairy Tales|Edwin Sidney Hartland
I walked with his lordship and Count Gamba to examine them, speculating philosophically on their quondam contents.
Byron|Richard Edgcumbe
O that the peasants in the country, My quondam fellows, but saw me as I am, How they would admire and worship me!
The Plays of Philip Massinger|Philip Massinger

So great was the transformation that at the first glance we failed to recognize our quondam pupil and friend.
Some Jewish Witnesses For Christ|Rev. A. Bernstein, B.D.

British Dictionary definitions for quondam

quondam

/ (ˈkwɒndæm) /

adjective

(prenominal) of an earlier time; formerher quondam lover

Word Origin for quondam

C16: from Latin adv: formerly

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