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Ci-devant

adj

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Adjective
  1. 1
    Former, late. not-comparable

    "Hastily Beatrice performed both her own and Emily's toilette; for what with fatigue and terror, her companion was almost powerless: still their celerity excited the praise of the ci-devant professor of the fine arts."

Etymology

Borrowed from French ci-devant.

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