əf, pəˈræf noun
a flourish made after a signature, as in a document, originally as a precaution against forgery.
Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English paraf < Italian parafo or Middle French paraphe paragraph mark (by syncope; see paragraph)
1350–1400; Middle English paraf < Italian parafo or Middle French paraphe paragraph mark (by syncope; see paragraph)
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| —n | |
| a flourish after a signature, originally to prevent forgery | |
| [C14: via French from Medieval Latin paraphus, variant of paragraphus | |
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Paraph
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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