Tzitzit

[Seph. Heb. tsee-tseet; Ashk. Heb., Eng. tsit-sis]

tzi·tzith

[Seph. Heb. tsee-tseet; Ashk. Heb., Eng. tsit-sis]
noun (used with a singular or plural verb) Judaism.
Also, tzi·tzit, tzi·tzis.
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Tzitzit 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.
an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle.
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tzitzit (ˈtsɪtsɪt, Hebrew tsitˈsiːt)
 
pl n
the fringes or tassels on the corners of the tallit
 
[from Hebrew, literally: tassel]

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Main Entry:  tzitzit
Part of Speech:  n
Definition:  the fringe or tassels of a four-cornered Jewish garment or tallit; also called tzitzis, zizith, tzitziyot
Etymology:  Hebrew 'fringes, tassels'
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