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helpmeet

[help-meet]

help·meet

[help-meet]
noun

Origin:
from the phrase an help meet for him i.e., a help suitable for him, in the Authorized Version of the Bible (1611)
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Helpmeet 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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helpmeet (ˈhɛlpˌmiːt)
 
n
a less common word for helpmate
 
[C17: from the phrase an helpe meet (suitable) for him Genesis 2:18]

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