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quondam
quon·dam Q0041000 (kwŏn′dəm, -dăm′)adj. That once was; former: "the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober" (Bret Harte).
[Latin, from quom, when; see kwo- in Indo-European roots.]quondam (ˈkwɒndæm) adj (prenominal) of an earlier time; former: her quondam lover. [C16: from Latin adv: formerly]quon•dam (ˈkwɒn dəm, -dæm)
adj. former; onetime. [1580–90; < Latin] quondamA Latin term meaning that once was.Thesaurus| Adj. | 1. | quondam - belonging to some prior time; "erstwhile friend"; "our former glory"; "the once capital of the state"; "her quondam lover"erstwhile, onetime, one-time, sometime, former, oldpast - earlier than the present time; no longer current; "time past"; "his youth is past"; "this past Thursday"; "the past year" |
quondamadjectiveHaving been such previously:erstwhile, former, late, old, once, onetime, past, previous, sometime, whilom.Translations
quondam
Synonyms for quondamadj having been such previouslySynonyms- erstwhile
- former
- late
- old
- once
- onetime
- past
- previous
- sometime
- whilom
Synonyms for quondamadj belonging to some prior timeSynonyms- erstwhile
- onetime
- one-time
- sometime
- former
- old
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