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noun
1.
Also called mansard roof. a hip roof, each face of which has a steeper lower part and a shallower upper part. Compare French roof.
2.
the story under such a roof.
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Mansard
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 fool or simpleton; ninny. |
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World English Dictionary
| mansard (ˈmænsɑːd, -səd) | |
| —n | |
| 1. | Compare gambrel roof Also called: mansard roof a roof having two slopes on both sides and both ends, the lower slopes being steeper than the upper |
| 2. | an attic having such a roof |
| [C18: from French mansarde, after François | |
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Word Origin & History
mansard
1734, from Fr. mansarde, short for toit à la mansarde, named for Fr. architect Nicholas François Mansart (1598-1666).
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