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”. Rules: Everyone must leave a post using the “word of the day”; in a sentence. 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.... quondam \KWON-dum; KWON-dam\, adjective: quondams; plural 1. Having been formerly; former; sometime. 2. That once was; former: 3. A person dismissed or ejected from a position This is the quondam king. --Shakespeare, Henry...