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单词 ci-devant
释义

ci-devant

/ˌsiːdəˈvɒ̃ / /sidvɑ̃/
adjective [attributive]
From or in an earlier time; former: her ci-devant pupil, now her lover...
  • The sweat-soaked, frightened, and bedraggled ci-devant dandy hammered at the door of his last-hope refuge.
  • I cannot say I think his manners have much of that elegance which might have been expected from a person of his ci-devant rank.
  • The ci-devant banker, then a widower with an only daughter, Esther, had journeyed to England.

Origin

French, 'heretofore'.

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