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Tyrian
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 screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare. |
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| Tyrian (ˈtɪrɪən) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a native or inhabitant of ancient Tyre |
| 2. | short for Tyrian purple |
| —adj | |
| 3. | of or relating to ancient Tyre |
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Tyrian
1513, from L. Tyrius "of Tyre," from Tyrus, island-city in the Levant, from Gk. Tyros, from Hebrew/Phoenician tzor, lit. "rock, rocky place." Especially in ref. to Tyrian purple, a dye made there in ancient times from certain mollusks.
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