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Gladius

[gley-dee-uhs]

gla·di·us

[gley-dee-uhs]
noun, plural -di·i [-dee-ahy] .
a short sword used in ancient Rome by legionaries.

Origin:
1510–20; < Latin
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Gladius is always a great word to know.
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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.
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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