quondam
English
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin quondam. Compare whilom.
Pronunciation
Adjective
quondam (not comparable)
- Former; once; at one time.
- 16th c., William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act III, scene I.
- This is the quondam king.
- 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:
- However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.
- 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, The Whisperer in Darkness, chapter 8:
- For the sleeper on the couch was not Akeley at all, but my quondam guide Noyes.
- 16th c., William Shakespeare, Henry VI, Part 3, act III, scene I.
Synonyms
- erstwhile
- See also Thesaurus:former
Translations
former
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Latin
Etymology
From cum (“when”) (older quom) + -dam (“demonstrative ending”).
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈkʷon.dam/, [ˈkʷɔn̪d̪ä̃ˑ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈkwon.dam/, [ˈkwɔn̪d̪äm]
Adverb
quondam (not comparable)
- at a certain time, at one time, once, heretofore, formerly
- sometimes
See also
References
- “quondam”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “quondam”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- quondam in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
- quondam in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
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