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et⋅cet⋅er⋅a

  [et-set-er-uh, ‑se-truh]
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–noun, plural -er⋅as.
1. a number of other things or persons unspecified.
2. etceteras, extras or sundries.
Origin:
1375–1425; n. use of et cetera
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et cet·er·a   (ět sět'ər-ə, sět'rə)   
Abbr. etc.
And other unspecified things of the same class; and so forth.
n.   et·cet·er·a (ět'sět'-)
  1. A number of unspecified persons or things.
  2. etceteras Additional odds and ends; extras.

[Latin : et, and + cētera, the rest, neuter pl. of cēterus; see ko- in Indo-European roots.]
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