Posted on 01/30/2014 4:35:16 AM PST by secret garden
In order that we might all raise the level of discourse and expand our language abilities, here is the daily post of "Word for the Day".
quondam (KWON-duhm) adjective
Former; onetime.
Example sentence:
"One of the assumptions Madison and others labored under was that Britain would be too preoccupied with beating Napoleon to pay much attention to its quondam colonies.
--Joyce Appleby; The Washington Post; A Stumbling, Fiery End to War of 1812; May 5, 2013.
Etymology:
From Latin quondam (formerly). Earliest documented use: 1535.
The sentence must, in some way, relate to the news of the day. The Review threads are linked for your edification. ;-)
Practice makes perfect.....post on....
Review Thread One: Word For The Day, Thursday 11/14/02: Raffish
Review Thread Two: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/14/03: Roister
Historical Linguistics . the disappearance or loss of an unstressed initial vowel or syllable, as in theformation of the word slant from aslant . Review Thread Three: Word For The Day, Tuesday 1/28/03: Obdurate
WFB's attempt to emulate us ; ) No pushing at the door please!
I wish. Monster markets itself at a premium and only in small containers and quantities.
Then don’t try girlsinyogapants.com
Not you,silly. I know you don’t get NY news,
He should have...
She has 3 solid hours of prime morning time.and she would not let it go.
Or watch the Soup. When I saw the name I thought it was her at first. (Till I saw the first name.)
I'd rather believe someone was math-challenged in the morning than that they would succumb to addiction to "energy" drinks.
The only energy drink I use is coffee, and I like to keep the dosage under control.
Not true. Simply a matter of curmudgeonly habit.
Not being nasti to anyone in particular, just everyone in general.
Damn - sure sounds like a helluva great idea
Coffee is so 20th century. ;-)
I LOVE it! We are on the same page today and it rocks!
Joel loves them...lol
They had him in a while back...
Tell me, when will you be mine?
Tell me, quondam quondam quondam......
Even earlier. That's part of its appeal.
You realize, of course, that coffee and tea are where they are just because people had to boil water to make it safe to drink? And then it tasted bland.
Americans settling the West simplified the process and just drank whiskey.
they frown on that in the ofc.
msnbc is beyond stupid.
Just breathe in their faces, like Gabby Johnson.
The ad is old news. And terribly cute too.
MSNBC isn’t new, it isn’t propoganda it’s a trolling organization.
quondam reminds me of quidam, whose absence i lament. the closest we came was the WH insider who was predicting all sorts of meltdowns and intrigues in the obams WH. Whatever happened to him, i wonder?
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