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heteronym (ˈhɛtərəʊˌnɪm) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| Compare homograph one of two or more words pronounced differently but spelt alike: the two English words spelt ``bow'' are heteronyms | |
| [C17: from Late Greek heteronumos, from Greek | |
| heteronymous | |
| —adj | |
| heter'onymously | |
| —adv | |
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Heteronym
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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