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noun
an East Indian pepper plant, Piper betle, the leaves of which are chewed with other ingredients.
Also, betel pepper.
Origin:
1545–55; < Portuguese bétele, bétere < Malayalam viṟṟila or Tamil veṟṟilai
1545–55; < Portuguese bétele, bétere < Malayalam viṟṟila or Tamil veṟṟilai
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Betel
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 scrap or morsel of food left at a meal. |
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betel
1550s, probably via Port. betel, from Malayalam vettila, from veru ila "simple leaf."
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