Nearby Words

adjoined

[uh-join] Origin

ad·join

[uh-join]
verb (used with object)
1.
to be close to or in contact with; abut on: His property adjoins the lake.
2.
to attach or append; affix.
verb (used without object)
3.
to be in connection or contact: the point where the estates adjoin.

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Adjoined is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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.

Origin:
1275–1325; Middle English a(d)joinen < Middle French ajoindre. See ad-, join

un·ad·joined, adjective

adjoin, adjourn.
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Word Origin & History

adjoin
early 14c., from O.Fr. ajoin- stem of ajoindre, from L. adjungere "join to," from ad- "to" + jungere "to bind together" (see jugular).
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