fear-naught

fear·nought

[feer-nawt]
noun
1.
a stout woolen cloth for overcoats.
2.
an outer garment of this cloth.
Also, fear·naught.


Origin:
1765–75; fear + nought

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fearnought or fearnaught (ˈfɪəˌnɔːt) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
n
1.  a heavy woollen fabric
2.  a coat made of such fabric
 
fearnaught or fearnaught
 
n

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Fear-naught 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.
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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