quondam

(kwändəm, -dam)

adjective

that was at one time; former: a quondam companion

Origin: L

See quondam in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective
That once was; former: “the quondam drunkard, now perfectly sober” (Bret Harte).

Origin:

Origin: Latin

Origin: , from quom, when; see kwo- in Indo-European roots

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