quondamn.adv.adj.

Brit.

/ˈkwɒndam/,

/ˈkwɒndəm/, U.S.

/ˈkwɑndəm/,

/ˈkwɑnˌdæm/,

/ˈkwɑnˌdɑm/

Forms: 1500s quandam, 1500s–1600s condam, 1500s– quondam.

Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quondam.

Etymology: < classical Latin quondam formerly, in post-classical Latin also (adjective) former, late (6th cent.; apparently not attested as a noun in the spec. sense with reference to an ex-fellow of All Souls College) < quom , variant of cum when (see when adv.) + -dam, of uncertain origin.

A. n.

The former holder of an office or position; (Oxford University) a former Fellow of All Souls College. Also derogatory: a person who has been deposed or ejected.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > former holder of some office or position

quondam1535

society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who has been put out of office

Jack out of officea1530

quondam1535

Jack out of service?1541

John-out-of-office1576

dischargee1894

1535 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 93 The kinges fowndation thus to be mangellede by the quondam, I have petie; the prior now is..a goode clerke.

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kvi Make them quondams [1549 STC 15274.3 quondammes], out w^t them, cast them out of ther office.

1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H4^v Let him be..Iacke out of office, make him a Quondam.

1660 F. Philipps Tenenda non Tollenda iii. 118 The quondam would be Lord Philip Jones, who was called the Comptrouler of his Household.

1732 C. Mason in Diarian Repository (1774) 294 Trifling time away With two old quondams, who at dice would play.

1747 Duke of Richmond Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. Dukes Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 259 I should hope my quondam & His Majestys now eldest Chaplain Poor Blomer will come in for a Deanery.

1888 A. Blomfield Let. in H. H. Henson Retrospect (1942) I. ii. 30 My dear Henson (If I may as a quondam thus familiarly address you).

1899 C. G. Robertson All Souls College 201 A fresh appeal was made to Fellows and ‘Quondams’.

1948 D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. ix. 91 It was not long before the feckless sub-prior and community were petitioning for his return; they already had two other quondams on their hands.

1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xiii. 214 The most worldly college has been All Souls... The fellows and ex-fellows (called Quondams) are supposed to be the cream of Oxford intellectuals... Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, ‘an enthusiastic quondam’.

2006 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 4 Jan. 11 While I have seen the civil service from the inside, I am now enough of a quondam..to be objective about its Jesuitical mystique.

B. adv.

At one time, formerly. rare after 17th cent.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

c1540 W. Benson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. ccclxi. 273 Abbott quondam of Westm.

c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 63 An Abbott condam of Fountens, of the order of pyed monkes.

1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Aaa^v That..most faithfull attendant quondam vppon the right Worshipfull Sir Edward Phillips.

1756 Spouter ii. 36 We, whose great Ability and Parts, Have quondam rais'd us to the Realms of Fame.

1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 162 Mr. C. Jennings (quondam of the city hotel in New York).

C. adj. Somewhat archaic.

1. Of persons: former, one-time.In quot. 1547 as postmodifier.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > having vacated office

quondam1547

emerited1664

ret.1767

resigned1777

ret'd1826

outgone1841

retired1881

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > former (of persons)

umquhile1431

old1435

quondam1547

ancient1681

ci-devant1790

ex1823

former1905

past1915

1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. c12 June (1933) 305 For he that I mean is accounted to have no learnyng, but a fryar quondam as I have rehearsed, and, as fryars were wont, had in hys sermon moche rayling.

1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iii. xiv. 58 In Albanie the quondam King at eldest Daughters Court Was setled scarce, when she repynes.

1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 86 I see thy quondam friend, Hath cause to say his hopes are at an end.

1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour v. ii. sig. L3^v Gracious Maddona, Noble Generall, Brave Captaines and my quondam rivalls wear 'em.

1675 E. Cocker Morals 47 Quarles, quondam Poet, for rare Lines Divine.

1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 234 This aspiring quondam Consort of his grew apace.

1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 41 Finding my Quondam Lieutenant Keith, I inlisted with him in my old Corps.

1784 R. Heber Let. 27 Dec. in Heber Lett. (1950) i. 28 Fanny had the felicity of dancing with Major Williams my quondam pupil.

1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 13 A quondam country Gentleman with thirty years of..experience.

1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 204 The horse is his last resource... When lost, the quondam owner is said to be flat broke or flat footed.

1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 3 The loquacious and speculative disposition..of all my quondam friends.

1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville ii. i. 302 The Australian Champion and his challenger..fought to a finish... The bold Ned Skene revisited the ropes to hold the battle for his quondam novice.

1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Jan. 37/4 Has not ‘He's on his fourth Guggenheim’ become part of the life story of many a quondam rebel or of his nominal successors?

1991 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 21 A quondam trade unionist who later rode roughshod over unions.

2. Of things, qualities, conditions, etc.: that once was or existed; former, erstwhile.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective]

ererc888

fernOE

oldOE

formerc1160

ratherc1330

before-goingc1384

formerc1384

forenexta1400

formea1400

while1399

antecedentc1400

precedentc1400

anteceding?a1425

late1446

whilom1452

preceding?a1475

forne1485

fore1490

heretofore1491

foregoing1530

toforegoing1532

further1557

firster1571

then1584

elder1594

quondam1598

forehand1600

previant1601

preallable1603

prior1607

anterior1608

previal1613

once1620

previous1621

predecessivea1627

antecedaneous?1631

preventive1641

prior1641

precedaneous1645

preventional1649

antegredient1652

senior1655

prevenient1656

precedential1661

antecedental1763

past-gone1784

antevenient1800

aforetime1835

one-time1850

onewhile1882

foretime1894

erstwhile1903

antecedane-

ere-

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > vacating a position > resigning > that formerly held office or position

quondam1598

1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 5 I did conuerse this quondam day with a companion of the kings.

1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. E2^v Marke..How euery thing in quondam sort appeares.

1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 51 The heighth of their quondam pride and crueltie.

1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxiii. 41 They resolved to reassume their quondam trade of Padding; are taken and committed to Newgate.

1717 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 318 His quondam diocese of Derry.

1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. 194 How narrow minded I am, with all my quondam heroism!

1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers i. 79 The tale of this his quondam Barony Is cunningly devised.

a1832 W. Scott Poet. Wks. (1841) 663 But fair Italia..Lay, by her quondam vassals, sorely humbled.

1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 453/1 Messrs. Poole and Donnelly..will soon restore the Grand Opera-house to its quondam popularity.

1939 Fortune Oct. 79/3 This quondam mail-order house has increased its sales by 127 per cent.

1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 74/1 Their quondam master-state, Culhuacan, was eventually destroyed by their new masters.

2006 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Oct. a16 The future of ‘Hart House’, quondam home of the first family of professional wrestling, was secured by a new development plan.

Derivatives

ˈquondamly adv. formerly.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb]

erea822

fernOE

whileOE

erera1000

whilereOE

onceOE

somewhile1154

whilomc1175

herebeforec1200

somewhilesa1250

yorea1250

orc1275

rather?a1300

erewhilec1305

sometimea1325

sometimec1330

at or in sometime1340

in arrear1340

heretoforea1375

fernyear1377

once upon a timec1380

behinds1382

beforetimea1393

of olda1393

erenow1393

umquhilea1400

erst14..

fornec1400

yore whilec1400

of before1402

late1423

abefore1431

beforetimes1449

whilesc1480

sometime1490

aforrow?a1513

behind1526

quondamc1540

in foretime(s?c1550

erstwhile1569

erstwhiles1569

aleare1581

erewhiles1584

sometimes1597

formerly1599

anciently1624

olim1645

somewhile since1652

quondamly1663

forepassed1664

sometimea1684

backward1691

historically1753

time back1812

had-been1835

when1962

1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus iv. 74 Now the fruits and comforts of Justice in his profession, place, practice, quondamly return on him the reward of their integrity.

1814 Sporting Mag. 44 53 Certain gentlemen smiths, who have been quondamly in habits of wearing such articles.

1955 Punch 23 Mar. 366/1 ‘We paint every four years’, Thomas Quayne quondamly had declared, but a buzz-bomb'd accounted for him before the quaternary was up.

1981 Arizona Q. 37 308 The cultural condition against which the Noble Savage was quondamly posed grows ever more desperate.

ˈquondamship n. rare the state of being out of office.

ΘΚΠ

society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] > state of

quondamship1549

society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > state of being out of office

quondamship1549

1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kvi^v As for my quondamshyp I thanke God that he gaue me the grace to come by it by so honest a meanes as I dyd.

1907 Internat. Socialist Rev. May 692 Trying to effect a quondamship of the victim of their dislikes.

1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xxi. 437 Let not the filth be in doubt, you are his good jade, hate us all, too, 'cause of your quondamship.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	quondam
释义	quondamn.adv.adj. Brit. /ˈkwɒndam/, /ˈkwɒndəm/, U.S. /ˈkwɑndəm/, /ˈkwɑnˌdæm/, /ˈkwɑnˌdɑm/ Forms: 1500s quandam, 1500s–1600s condam, 1500s– quondam. Origin: A borrowing from Latin. Etymon: Latin quondam. Etymology: < classical Latin quondam formerly, in post-classical Latin also (adjective) former, late (6th cent.; apparently not attested as a noun in the spec. sense with reference to an ex-fellow of All Souls College) < quom , variant of cum when (see when adv.) + -dam, of uncertain origin. A. n. The former holder of an office or position; (Oxford University) a former Fellow of All Souls College. Also derogatory: a person who has been deposed or ejected. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [noun] > former holder of some office or position quondam1535 society > occupation and work > worker > one who does not work > [noun] > one who has been put out of office Jack out of officea1530 quondam1535 Jack out of service?1541 John-out-of-office1576 dischargee1894 1535 in T. Wright Three Chapters Lett. Suppression Monasteries (1843) 93 The kinges fowndation thus to be mangellede by the quondam, I have petie; the prior now is..a goode clerke. 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kvi Make them quondams [1549 STC 15274.3 quondammes], out w^t them, cast them out of ther office. 1583 P. Stubbes Second Pt. Anat. Abuses sig. H4^v Let him be..Iacke out of office, make him a Quondam. 1660 F. Philipps Tenenda non Tollenda iii. 118 The quondam would be Lord Philip Jones, who was called the Comptrouler of his Household. 1732 C. Mason in Diarian Repository (1774) 294 Trifling time away With two old quondams, who at dice would play. 1747 Duke of Richmond Let. 18 Oct. in Corr. Dukes Richmond & Newcastle (1984) 259 I should hope my quondam & His Majestys now eldest Chaplain Poor Blomer will come in for a Deanery. 1888 A. Blomfield Let. in H. H. Henson Retrospect (1942) I. ii. 30 My dear Henson (If I may as a quondam thus familiarly address you). 1899 C. G. Robertson All Souls College 201 A fresh appeal was made to Fellows and ‘Quondams’. 1948 D. Knowles Relig. Orders in Eng. ix. 91 It was not long before the feckless sub-prior and community were petitioning for his return; they already had two other quondams on their hands. 1962 A. Sampson Anat. Brit. xiii. 214 The most worldly college has been All Souls... The fellows and ex-fellows (called Quondams) are supposed to be the cream of Oxford intellectuals... Lord Curzon, the Viceroy of India, ‘an enthusiastic quondam’. 2006 South China Morning Post (Hong Kong) (Nexis) 4 Jan. 11 While I have seen the civil service from the inside, I am now enough of a quondam..to be objective about its Jesuitical mystique. B. adv. At one time, formerly. rare after 17th cent. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 c1540 W. Benson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. (1846) 3rd Ser. III. ccclxi. 273 Abbott quondam of Westm. c1600 Wriothesley's Chron. Eng. (1875) I. 63 An Abbott condam of Fountens, of the order of pyed monkes. 1611 T. Coryate Crudities sig. Aaa^v That..most faithfull attendant quondam vppon the right Worshipfull Sir Edward Phillips. 1756 Spouter ii. 36 We, whose great Ability and Parts, Have quondam rais'd us to the Realms of Fame. 1841 G. Catlin Lett. N. Amer. Indians II. liv. 162 Mr. C. Jennings (quondam of the city hotel in New York). C. adj. Somewhat archaic. 1. Of persons: former, one-time.In quot. 1547 as postmodifier. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [adjective] > having vacated office quondam1547 emerited1664 ret.1767 resigned1777 ret'd1826 outgone1841 retired1881 the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] > former (of persons) umquhile1431 old1435 quondam1547 ancient1681 ci-devant1790 ex1823 former1905 past1915 1547 Bp. S. Gardiner Let. c12 June (1933) 305 For he that I mean is accounted to have no learnyng, but a fryar quondam as I have rehearsed, and, as fryars were wont, had in hys sermon moche rayling. 1586 W. Warner Albions Eng. iii. xiv. 58 In Albanie the quondam King at eldest Daughters Court Was setled scarce, when she repynes. 1615 R. Brathwait Strappado 86 I see thy quondam friend, Hath cause to say his hopes are at an end. 1632 P. Massinger Maid of Honour v. ii. sig. L3^v Gracious Maddona, Noble Generall, Brave Captaines and my quondam rivalls wear 'em. 1675 E. Cocker Morals 47 Quarles, quondam Poet, for rare Lines Divine. 1728 J. Morgan Compl. Hist. Algiers I. ii. 234 This aspiring quondam Consort of his grew apace. 1740 C. Davies Life & Adventures ii. 41 Finding my Quondam Lieutenant Keith, I inlisted with him in my old Corps. 1784 R. Heber Let. 27 Dec. in Heber Lett. (1950) i. 28 Fanny had the felicity of dancing with Major Williams my quondam pupil. 1825 J. Bentham Observ. Mr. Peel's Speech 13 A quondam country Gentleman with thirty years of..experience. 1853 ‘P. Paxton’ Stray Yankee in Texas 204 The horse is his last resource... When lost, the quondam owner is said to be flat broke or flat footed. 1874 J. Ruskin Fors Clavigera IV. xxxvii. 3 The loquacious and speculative disposition..of all my quondam friends. 1901 G. B. Shaw Admirable Bashville ii. i. 302 The Australian Champion and his challenger..fought to a finish... The bold Ned Skene revisited the ropes to hold the battle for his quondam novice. 1958 Times Lit. Suppl. 24 Jan. 37/4 Has not ‘He's on his fourth Guggenheim’ become part of the life story of many a quondam rebel or of his nominal successors? 1991 Daily Tel. 19 Dec. 21 A quondam trade unionist who later rode roughshod over unions. 2. Of things, qualities, conditions, etc.: that once was or existed; former, erstwhile. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > antecedence or being earlier > [adjective] ererc888 fernOE oldOE oldOE formerc1160 ratherc1330 before-goingc1384 formerc1384 forenexta1400 formea1400 while1399 antecedentc1400 precedentc1400 anteceding?a1425 late1446 whilom1452 preceding?a1475 forne1485 fore1490 heretofore1491 foregoing1530 toforegoing1532 further1557 firster1571 then1584 elder1594 quondam1598 forehand1600 previant1601 preallable1603 prior1607 anterior1608 previal1613 once1620 previous1621 predecessivea1627 antecedaneous?1631 preventive1641 prior1641 precedaneous1645 preventional1649 antegredient1652 senior1655 prevenient1656 precedential1661 antecedental1763 past-gone1784 antevenient1800 aforetime1835 one-time1850 onewhile1882 foretime1894 erstwhile1903 antecedane- ere- society > occupation and work > lack of work > [adjective] > vacating a position > resigning > that formerly held office or position quondam1598 1598 W. Shakespeare Love's Labour's Lost v. i. 5 I did conuerse this quondam day with a companion of the kings. View more context for this quotation 1600 S. Nicholson Acolastus his After-witte sig. E2^v Marke..How euery thing in quondam sort appeares. 1642 J. Vicars God in Mount 51 The heighth of their quondam pride and crueltie. 1665 R. Head Eng. Rogue I. xxxiii. 41 They resolved to reassume their quondam trade of Padding; are taken and committed to Newgate. 1717 W. Nicolson in H. Ellis Orig. Lett. Eng. Hist. (1827) 2nd Ser. IV. 318 His quondam diocese of Derry. 1753 S. Richardson Hist. Sir Charles Grandison VI. 194 How narrow minded I am, with all my quondam heroism! 1795–6 W. Wordsworth Borderers i. 79 The tale of this his quondam Barony Is cunningly devised. a1832 W. Scott Poet. Wks. (1841) 663 But fair Italia..Lay, by her quondam vassals, sorely humbled. 1877 Spirit of Times 24 Nov. 453/1 Messrs. Poole and Donnelly..will soon restore the Grand Opera-house to its quondam popularity. 1939 Fortune Oct. 79/3 This quondam mail-order house has increased its sales by 127 per cent. 1961 Amer. Heritage Bk. Indians 74/1 Their quondam master-state, Culhuacan, was eventually destroyed by their new masters. 2006 National Post (Canada) (Nexis) 19 Oct. a16 The future of ‘Hart House’, quondam home of the first family of professional wrestling, was secured by a new development plan. Derivatives ˈquondamly adv. formerly. ΘΚΠ the world > time > relative time > the past > [adverb] erea822 fernOE whileOE erera1000 whilereOE onceOE somewhile1154 whilomc1175 herebeforec1200 somewhilesa1250 yorea1250 orc1275 rather?a1300 erewhilec1305 sometimea1325 sometimec1330 at or in sometime1340 in arrear1340 heretoforea1375 fernyear1377 once upon a timec1380 behinds1382 beforetimea1393 of olda1393 erenow1393 umquhilea1400 erst14.. fornec1400 yore whilec1400 of before1402 late1423 abefore1431 beforetimes1449 whilesc1480 sometime1490 aforrow?a1513 behind1526 quondamc1540 in foretime(s?c1550 erstwhile1569 erstwhiles1569 aleare1581 erewhiles1584 sometimes1597 formerly1599 anciently1624 olim1645 somewhile since1652 quondamly1663 forepassed1664 sometimea1684 backward1691 historically1753 time back1812 had-been1835 when1962 1663 E. Waterhouse Fortescutus Illustratus iv. 74 Now the fruits and comforts of Justice in his profession, place, practice, quondamly return on him the reward of their integrity. 1814 Sporting Mag. 44 53 Certain gentlemen smiths, who have been quondamly in habits of wearing such articles. 1955 Punch 23 Mar. 366/1 ‘We paint every four years’, Thomas Quayne quondamly had declared, but a buzz-bomb'd accounted for him before the quaternary was up. 1981 Arizona Q. 37 308 The cultural condition against which the Noble Savage was quondamly posed grows ever more desperate. ˈquondamship n. rare the state of being out of office. ΘΚΠ society > authority > office > withdrawing from or vacating office > [noun] > state of quondamship1549 society > occupation and work > lack of work > [noun] > action or fact of vacating office > state of being out of office quondamship1549 1549 H. Latimer 2nd Serm. before Kynges Maiestie 4th Serm. sig. Kvi^v As for my quondamshyp I thanke God that he gaue me the grace to come by it by so honest a meanes as I dyd. 1907 Internat. Socialist Rev. May 692 Trying to effect a quondamship of the victim of their dislikes. 1935 E. R. Eddison Mistress xxi. 437 Let not the filth be in doubt, you are his good jade, hate us all, too, 'cause of your quondamship. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2008; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.adv.adj.1535
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