marti'netism
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martinet (ˌmɑːtɪˈnɛt) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n | |
| a person who maintains strict discipline, esp in a military force | |
| [C17: from French, from the name of General Martinet, drillmaster under Louis XIV] | |
| marti'netish | |
| —adj | |
| marti'netism | |
| —n | |
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Marti'netism
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| 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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