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noun, plural -bos, -boes.
1.
a structure, as an open or latticework pavilion or summerhouse, built on a site that provides an attractive view.
2.
a small roofed structure that is screened on all sides, used for outdoor entertaining and dining.
Origin:
1745–55; origin uncertain
1745–55; origin uncertain
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Gazebo
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 gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
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Word Origin & History
gazebo
1752, supposedly a facetious formation from gaze + -bo, L. first pers. sing. future tense suffix (cf. videbo "I shall see"), on model of earlier belvedere "cupola," from It. bello verde "handsome sight." But most likely a corruption of some oriental word.
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