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quondam

[ kwon-duhm, -dam ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

adjective

quondam

/ ˈkwɒndæm /

Origin of quondam¹

Borrowed into English from Latin around 1530–50

Origin of quondam¹

C16: from Latin adv: formerly

Amongst all my fellow clerks I remember one only who resembled as a borrower some of my quondam associates at Derby.

The quondam midwife, with tears in her eyes, looked at her, and blessed the moment she had done a generous act.

I walked with his lordship and Count Gamba to examine them, speculating philosophically on their quondam contents.

O that the peasants in the country, My quondam fellows, but saw me as I am, How they would admire and worship me!

So great was the transformation that at the first glance we failed to recognize our quondam pupil and friend.

April 17, 2024axolotl

[ak-suh-lot-l ]

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