citatory
World English Dictionary
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| —n | |
| 1. | the quoting of a book or author in support of a fact |
| 2. | a passage or source cited for this purpose |
| 3. | a listing or recounting, as of facts |
| 4. | an official commendation or award, esp for bravery or outstanding service, work, etc, usually in the form of a formal statement made in public |
| 5. | law |
| a. an official summons to appear in court | |
| b. the document containing such a summons | |
| 6. | law the quoting of decided cases to serve as guidance to a court |
| citatory | |
| —adj | |
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Citatory
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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