ETAMIN

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etamine or etamin (ˈɛtəˌmiːn, ˈɛtəmɪn) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
a cotton or worsted fabric of loose weave, used for clothing, curtains, etc
 
[C18: from French, from Latin stāminea, from stāmineus made of threads, from stamen thread, warp]
 
etamin or etamin
 
n
 
[C18: from French, from Latin stāminea, from stāmineus made of threads, from stamen thread, warp]

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etamin

noun
a soft cotton or worsted fabric with an open mesh; used for curtains or clothing etc. [syn: etamine
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Etamin 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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