quod [kwod] ExamplesWord Origin noun Chiefly British Slang.
- jail.
Origin of quod First recorded in 1690–1700; origin uncertain quod erat demonstrandum [kwawd e-raht dey-mawn-strahn-doo m; English kwod er-uh t dem-uh n-stran-duh m] Latin.
- which was to be shown or demonstrated.
quod erat faciendum [kwawd e-raht fah-kee-en-doo m; English kwod er-uh t fey-shee-en-duh m] Latin.
- which was to be done.
Examples from the Web for quod Historical Examples of quod
Than quod they: and for your good iudgement you shall haue the rynge.
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I wys, quod her foolysshe father, she is more able than ye wene.
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And she (quod he), whom I beleue better than you all, sayth playnly, that ye lye.
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Than quod the seconde: I wolde haue the breste and harte: for there lyeth her loue.
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Why, quod the maystres, it is not possyble but som man is the fader thereof?
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British Dictionary definitions for quod quod noun
- mainly British a slang word for jail
Word Origin for quod C18: of uncertain origin; perhaps changed from quad, short for quadrangle quod erat demonstrandum
- (at the conclusion of a proof, esp of a theorem in Euclidean geometry) which was to be provedAbbreviation: QED
Word Origin and History for quod
“prison,” c.1700, a cant slang word of unknown origin; perhaps a variant of quad in the “building quadrangle” sense.
quod in Culture quod erat demonstrandum [(kwawd er-aht dem-uhn-stran-duhm)]
A phrase used to signal that a proof has just been completed. From Latin, meaning “that which was to be demonstrated.”