Wednesday, August 27th, 2008...11:55 am
Learn-A-Word Wednesday: quondam \KWAHN-duhm; KWAHN-dam\
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adjective:
Having been formerly; former; sometime.
A quondam flower child, she spent seven years at the Royal College of Art, before becoming a lecturer at Edinburgh School of Art.
– “Interview: Cool, calm collector”, Independent, December 13, 1997Quondam comes from the Latin quondam, “formerly,” from quom, “when.”
Seems like I shoulda known this word. After all, I am a quondam lawyer, and they know a few words. OK, they might only know long words which are in fact just short words connected to each other, such as aforementioned or heretofore or nonetheless….
Are you a quondam something?
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4 Comments
August 27th, 2008 at 2:07 pm
This is why lawyers get paid by the “word”, or so it seems. Long words take longer to say and therefore more time on the clients bill.
I think…
Mikes last blog post..Irritating the Cat…
August 29th, 2008 at 8:20 am
yes, Mike, it’s all about billing….
August 31st, 2008 at 5:31 pm
Quondam skinny person, quondam patient mother, quondam productive member of society, quondam owner of perky boobs - shall I go on?
sues last blog post..So Not Hot ‘08
September 1st, 2008 at 1:12 pm
Wicked word!
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