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pertaining or relating directly and significantly to the matter at hand; relevant: pertinent details.
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Pertinent
is always a great word to know.
So is flibbertigibbet. 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 chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
Example Sentences
- Maintain appropriate inventory of forms, stationary, publications and pertinent supplies for admissions.
- Still, the question is becoming more pertinent.
- You will not have any trouble answering a few pertinent questions.
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Word Origin & History
pertinent
late 14c., from Anglo-Fr. purtinaunt (1278), from O.Fr. partenant (1246), from L. pertinentem (nom. pertinens) "pertaining," prp. of pertinere "to relate, concern" (see pertain).
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