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< quokka
Quonset >
quon·dam
(kw
n
d
m, -d
m
)
KEY
ADJECTIVE:
That once was; former:
"the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober"
(Bret Harte).
ETYMOLOGY:
Latin, from
quom
,
when
; see
k
w
o-
in Indo-European roots
Thesaurus: synonyms for quondam
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