aurei

au·re·us

[awr-ee-uhs]
noun, plural au·re·i [awr-ee-ahy] .
a gold coin and monetary unit of ancient Rome, from Caesar to Constantine I.

Origin:
1600–10; < Latin: literally, golden

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aureus (ˈɔːrɪəs) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n , pl aurei
a gold coin of the Roman Empire
 
[Latin: golden; see aureate]

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Aurei is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.
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