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‖ quidam rare.|ˈkwaɪdəm|
[L., f. quī who: cf. quædam.]
Somebody; a certain person.
1579E. K. Ded. Spenser's Sheph. Cal. Post-scr., So many vnworthy Quidams, which catch at the garlond which to you alone is dewe. 1624Bedell Lett. xi. 143 Who were these quidams that laid hands on Scory? a1641Bp. R. Montagu Acts & Mon. (1642) 48 Some Individuum vagum, a certaine Quidam in the Clouds.
Hence quiˈdamity, an allusion to ‘somebody’.
1892Athenæum 9 July 65/1 A retort lay ready to his hand more effective than any indulgence in quidam-ities. |