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benison

[ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn] Origin

ben·i·son

[ben-uh-zuhn, -suhn]

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English < Anglo-French beneiçon, Middle French beneison < Latin benedictiōn- benediction
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Benison is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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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benison (ˈbɛnɪzən, -sən)
 
n
archaic a blessing, esp a spoken one
 
[C13: from Old French beneison, from Latin benedictiōbenediction]

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benison
c.1300, "blessing, beatitude," from O.Fr. beneiçon "blessing, benediction," from L. benedictionem (see benediction).
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