Word of the Day
for Thursday 16th October 2014
Ci-devant \seeduh-VAHN\
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Adjective
1. French. former: used especially in reference to a retired office holder. |
Quotes
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This self-indulgent aristo, the ci-devant banker
Amédé Vincent, who had expiated his villainies upon the guillotine, was known
to have been successful in abstracting the bulk of his ill-gotten wealth and
concealing it somewhere...
-- Baroness Emmuska Orczy, The League of the Scarlet Pimpernel, 1919 |
Origin
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Ci-devant comes from the French word of the same
spelling which literally means "heretofore."
Thanks to: www.dictionary.com
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