ir'rationalness

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irrational (ɪˈræʃənəl) [Click for IPA pronunciation guide]
 
adj
1.  inconsistent with reason or logic; illogical; absurd
2.  incapable of reasoning
3.  maths
 a.  not rational
 b.  (as noun): an irrational
4.  in Greek or Latin verse prosody
 a.  of or relating to a metrical irregularity, usually the occurrence of a long syllable instead of a short one
 b.  denoting a metrical foot where such an irregularity occurs
 
ir'rationally
 
adv
 
ir'rationalness
 
n

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Ir'rationalness is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
the offspring of a zebra and a donkey.
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.
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