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noun, plural ex·cur·sus·es, ex·cur·sus.
1.
a detailed discussion of some point in a book, especially one added as an appendix.
2.
a digression or incidental excursion, as in a narrative.
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Excursus
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. 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. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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