Meanings
nounquomodo (plural quomodos)
plural quomodos
- obsoleteThe means, way, or method (of doing something).
In a Word, to hint at no more Reaſons for his Conduct, Mr. Northerton was deſirous of departing that Evening, and nothing remained for him but to contrive the Quomodo, which appeared to be a Matter of ſome Difficulty.
1749, Henry Fielding, “The Conclusion of the foregoing Adventure”, in The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling, volume III, London: A[ndrew] Millar, […], →OCLC, book VII, page 132
Origin
- Latinquōmodo“In what way?”
- Englishquomodo
From Latin quōmodo (“In what way?”).
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