英语词汇“quondam”的英英意思、用法、释义、翻译、读音、例句、短语、词组-英语词典

adj

Use the adjective quondam if you need a fancy way to describe something as belonging to an earlier time. You might describe your quondam, or former, Latin tutor to your current Latin tutor, for example.

English has many ways of saying "former," including quondam, which is the word of choice if you want to sound a bit literary. You may be able to impress a quondam teacher, date, or employer with it. The word quondam comes directly from Latin, with the meaning of "formerly," and it's been used in English since the 1530's.

WORD FAMILY

quondam

USAGE EXAMPLES

You get the porthole windows of the quondam Seamen’s Union building and a tiny storefront that grandly introduces itself as the National School of Dancing.

The New Yorker(Nov 26, 2016)

Hitchens was, not for the first time, drawing on the conceptual repertoire of his quondam Trotskyism to justify his stance.

The Guardian(Jan 18, 2013)

So far as Count Raymond was concerned, the verdict was final; thereafter the Church always spoke of him as “the former count,” “quondam comes.”

Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012)

adj belonging to some prior time

her quondam lover

Syn

erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime
past

earlier than the present time; no longer current

单词	quondam
释义	quondam (once / 7776 pages) adj Use the adjective quondam if you need a fancy way to describe something as belonging to an earlier time. You might describe your quondam, or former, Latin tutor to your current Latin tutor, for example. English has many ways of saying "former," including quondam, which is the word of choice if you want to sound a bit literary. You may be able to impress a quondam teacher, date, or employer with it. The word quondam comes directly from Latin, with the meaning of "formerly," and it's been used in English since the 1530's. WORD FAMILY quondam USAGE EXAMPLES You get the porthole windows of the quondam Seamen’s Union building and a tiny storefront that grandly introduces itself as the National School of Dancing. The New Yorker(Nov 26, 2016) Hitchens was, not for the first time, drawing on the conceptual repertoire of his quondam Trotskyism to justify his stance. The Guardian(Jan 18, 2013) So far as Count Raymond was concerned, the verdict was final; thereafter the Church always spoke of him as “the former count,” “quondam comes.” Lea, Henry Charles, A History of The Inquisition of The...(2012) adj belonging to some prior time her quondam lover Syn erstwhile, former, old, one-time, onetime, sometime past earlier than the present time; no longer current
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