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nisus

[nahy-suhs]

ni·sus

[nahy-suhs]
noun, plural -sus.
an effort or striving toward a particular goal or attainment; impulse.

Origin:
1690–1700; < Latin nīsus act of planting the feet, effort, equivalent to nīt(ī) to support or exert oneself + -tus suffix of v. action, with tt > s
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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.
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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nisus (ˈnaɪsəs)
 
n , pl -sus
an impulse towards or striving after a goal
 
[C17: from Latin: effort, from nītī to strive]

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