Quod
noun, verb, slang ·Moderate ·College level
Definitions
- 1 A quadrangle or court, as of a prison; a prison. countable
"1863, Punch, quoted in 1995, Seán McConville, English Local Prisons, 1860-1900: Next Only to Death, page 69, […] not the poorer classes merely, but the rich will be desirous to enjoy the mingled luxury and comfort of a gaol: and we shall hear of blasé Swells become burglars and garotters as a prelude to a prison, and, instead of taking tours for restoration of their health, recruiting it more cheaply by a residence in quod."
- 2 Confinement in a prison. Australia, slang, uncountable
"c. 1894, Acquaintance of Norman Lindsay, quoted in 2005, James Cockington, Banned: Tales From the Bizarre History of Australian Obscenity, Australian Broadcasting Corporation, paperback →ISBN, page 7, I don′t suppose you'll get more than a couple of months′ quod for them."
- 1 To confine in prison. archaic, slang
"An intelligent costermonger, who was with me when I saw the two brothers, told me that “a costermonger would rather be thought to have come out of prison than out of a workhouse,” for his “mates” would say, if they heard he had been locked up, “O, he’s only been quodded for pitching into a crusher.”"
- 2 Quoth. obsolete
"“Why,” quod her friend, “would ye not willingly have gone with your company, if God should so have suffered it?”"
Example
More examples""Quod erat demonstrandum" is a Latin expression often used in mathematics, which means "that which was to be demonstrated.""
Etymology
Abbreviation of quadrangle; originally (17th century) referring to the quadrangles of Newgate Prison, London.
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