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ǁ Quidam. World English Historical Dictionary

ǁ Quidam. World English Historical Dictionary Dictionary Biographies Literary Criticism Welcome Terms of Service ⧏ Previous Next ⧐ Contents Slice Contents Key Bibliographic Record Murray’s New English Dictionary. 1910, rev. 2025. ǁ Quidam rare. [L., f. quī who: cf. QUÆDAM.] Somebody; a certain person.

1 1579.  E. K., Ded. to Spenser’s Sheph. Cal., Post-scr. So many vnworthy Quidams, which catch at the garlond which to you alone is dewe.

2 1624.  Bedell, Lett., xi. 143. Who were these quidams that laid hands on Scory?

3 a. 1641.  Bp. Mountagu, Acts & Mon. (1642), 48. Some Individum vagum, a certaine Quidam in the Clouds.

4   Hence Quidamity, an allusion to ‘somebody.’

5 1892.  Athenæum, 9 July, 65/1. A retort lay ready to his hand more effective than any indulgence in quidam-ities.

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