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 fool or simpleton; ninny.

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(Leo) James, 1917–86, U.S. physicist: Nobel prize 1975.

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rainwater (ˈreɪnˌwɔːtə)

—n
	water from rain (as distinguished from spring water, tap water, etc)

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