casu'istically
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casuist (ˈkæzjʊɪst) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | a person, esp a theologian, who attempts to resolve moral dilemmas by the application of general rules and the careful distinction of special cases |
| 2. | a person who is oversubtle in his or her analysis of fine distinctions; sophist |
| [C17: from French casuiste, from Spanish casuista, from Latin cāsus | |
| casu'istic | |
| —adj | |
| casu'istical | |
| —adj | |
| casu'istically | |
| —adv | |
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Casu'istically
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
| 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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