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Also, fleur-de-lys (for defs. 1, 2).
Origin:
1300–50; < French; replacing Middle English flourdelis < Anglo-French flour de lis, literally, lily flower
1300–50; < French; replacing Middle English flourdelis < Anglo-French flour de lis, literally, lily flower
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Fleurs-de-lis
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 stew of meat, vegetables, potatoes, etc. |
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Word Origin & History
fleur-de-lis
also fleur de lis, mid-14c., from O.Fr., lit. "flower of the lily," especially borne as a heraldic device on the royal arms of France. Perhaps originally representing an iris, or the head of a scepter, or a weapon of some sort.
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