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quondam
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quon·dam

adjective \ˈkwän-dəm, -ˌdam\

Definition of QUONDAM

: former, sometime <a quondam friend>

Examples of QUONDAM

  1. <a quondam oil baron now living comfortably in retirement>

Origin of QUONDAM

Latin, at one time, formerly, from quom, cum when; akin to Latin qui who — more at who
First Known Use: 1539

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Synonyms
erstwhile, late, old, once, onetime, other, past, former, sometime, whilom

Rhymes with QUONDAM

air dam, Annam, ashram, exam, flimflam, goddamn, grandam, grand slam, hard clam, imam, logjam, madame, Mailgram, milldam, nizam, Priam, program, surf clam, tam-tam, thiram, trigram, webcam, whim-wham, ziram

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