Scheherazade
əˈzɑ noun
1.
(in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments ) the wife of the sultan of India, who relates such interesting tales nightly that the sultan spares her life.
2.
( italics ) a symphonic suite (1888) by Nikolai Rimski-Korsakov.
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| Main Entry: | Scheherazade |
| Part of Speech: | n |
| Definition: | the female narrator of Arabian Nights, who saves her life by entertaining her husband the king with stories; by extension, used to describe a female teller of stories; also written Shahrazad |
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Scheherazade
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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 scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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Scheherazade [(shuh-hair-uh-zahd)]The sultan's wife who narrates the Arabian Nights.
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