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Pugilist
is always a great word to know.
So is bezoar. Does it mean:
| a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
| 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. |
Example Sentences
- But, it graphically characterizes the pugilist as to type.
- Yet so far she has proved to be no great shakes as a pugilist.
- Yurchenko wore a beret and battle fatigues and had the face of a pugilist who'd taken too many punches.
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Word Origin & History
pugilist
1790, from L. pugil "boxer," related to pugnus "fist" (see pugnacious). Pugilation "fighting with fists," now obs., is recorded from 1656.
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