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noun
1.
a woman's scarf, often triangular, used as a hood with two of the ends tied under the chin.
2.
an elderly Russian woman, especially an elderly grandmother.
Origin:
1935–40; < Russian bábushka grandmother, equivalent to báb(a) old woman + -ushka diminutive suffix
1935–40; < Russian bábushka grandmother, equivalent to báb(a) old woman + -ushka diminutive suffix
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Babushka
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 fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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Word Origin & History
babushka
type of head covering for women, 1938, from Rus. babushka "grandmother."
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