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   Ci-de·vant

   /ˌsēdəˈvänt/

   

   adjective

   • 1. from or in an earlier time (used to indicate that someone or something once possessed a specified characteristic but no longer does so): "her ci-devant student, now her lover"

   Word Origin French, ‘heretofore’.

   Scrabble Points: 14

   • C

     3

   • I

     1

   • -

   • D

     2

   • E

     1

   • V

     4

   • A

     1

   • N

     1

   • T

     1

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