Quod Definition

kwäd
noun
Prison; jail.
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Quod is British slang for jail.
An example of quod is where convicted criminals go if they’re caught in London.
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1563, John Foxe, Actes and Monuments, 1868, The Church Historians of England: Reformation Period, Volume 8, Part 1, page 422,
“Why," quod her friend, “would ye not willingly have gone with your company, if God should so have suffered it?"
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1908, James Gairdner, Lollardy and the Reformation in England: An Historical Survey, 2010, Cambridge University Press, page 416,
“And therefore I have granted to their request," quod the King; [...] .
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Other Word Forms of Quod

Noun

Singular:
quod
Plural:
quods

Origin of Quod

  • First attested circa 1700. Origin unknown.

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