confidente

[kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt] Origin

con·fi·dente

[kon-fi-dant, -dahnt, kon-fi-dant, -dahnt]
noun
a sofa or settee, especially of the 18th century, having a triangular seat at each end divided from the greater part of the seat by an armrest.


Origin:
< French, special use of confidente female confidant
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Confidente is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. 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 children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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