quondam
adjective
formaluk/ˈkwɒn.dæm/us/ˈkwɑːn.dəm/of or in anearliertime; before thepresenttime, or in the past:
一度曾是，昔日的，旧时的Among theCentralTibetanlanguagesisCentralTibetan, the quondamofficiallanguageof Tibet.中部藏语是中部藏语言中的一种，是西藏过去的官方语言。
TheirMasterwasdesertedwholesaleby thecrowdof quondamadmirersandfollowers.他们的主人被昔日众多的崇拜者和追随者抛弃了。
Synonym
former
- Theysawno more oftheirquondamguide.
- Theyreceiveanextrabonusthe firsttimethattheirquondamchargegainsa firstprize.
- UK William Hague,formerToryleaderand quondamyouthfulpoliticalinfantprodigy, has written abiographyof William Pitt the Younger.
In the past
- ago
- any moreidiom
- anymore
- back in the dayidiom
- back thenidiom
- clock
- departed
- dim
- flood
- many moons agoidiom
- mist
- moon
- more
- no longeridiom
- rewind the clockidiom
- sometime
- step
- step back (in time)idiom
- the mists of timeidiom
- the status quo ante
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