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noun
a soft, visorless cap with a close-fitting headband and a wide, round top often with a tab at its center.
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beret (ˈbɛreɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a round close-fitting brimless cap of soft wool material or felt | |
| [C19: from French béret, from Old Provençal berret, from Medieval Latin birrettum cap; see | |
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Beret
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
beret
1827, from Fr. béret (dialect of Béarn), 19c., from Old Gascon berret "cap," from M.L. birretum, dim. of L.L. birrus "a large hooded cloak." The round, flat cap originally was worn by Basque peasants.
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Example sentences
Most troops seemed to say good riddance to the beret and there were valid reasons for their complaints.
He was wearing full green camouflage at the time of his disappearance, as well as tan or dark boots, and a dark-colored beret.
He was in his colonel's uniform and beret, with white gloves that made his hands seem enormous beside his emaciated body.
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