əˌmoʊ, ˈpɑr noun, plural par·a·mos.
a high, cold plateau of South America.
Origin:
1750–60; < American Spanish; Spanish páramo barren plain; presumably of pre-Latin orig.
1750–60; < American Spanish; Spanish páramo barren plain; presumably of pre-Latin orig.
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| —n , pl -mos | |
| a high plateau in the Andes between the tree line and the permanent snow line | |
| [C18: American Spanish, from Spanish: treeless plain] | |
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Paramo
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 children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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