piˈtɑs noun
a plural of capotasto.
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< Italian, equivalent to capo head (see capo2) + tasto finger board, fret, literally, touch, feel, noun derivative of tastare to touch lightly, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *taxitare, for Latin taxāre, frequentative of Latin tangere to touch
< Italian, equivalent to capo head (see capo2) + tasto finger board, fret, literally, touch, feel, noun derivative of tastare to touch lightly, perhaps < Vulgar Latin *taxitare, for Latin taxāre, frequentative of Latin tangere to touch
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Capitasti
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
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| 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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