'sickliness
World English Dictionary
sickly (ˈsɪklɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —adj , -lier, -liest | |
| 1. | disposed to frequent ailments; not healthy; weak |
| 2. | of, relating to, or caused by sickness |
| 3. | (of a smell, taste, etc) causing revulsion or nausea |
| 4. | (of light or colour) faint or feeble |
| 5. | mawkish; insipid: sickly affectation |
| —adv | |
| 6. | in a sick or sickly manner |
| 'sickliness | |
| —n | |
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'sickliness
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a fool or simpleton; ninny. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
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