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1890–95; < Greek phōtismós illumination, equivalent to phōt(ízein) to give light + -ismos -ism
1890–95; < Greek phōtismós illumination, equivalent to phōt(ízein) to give light + -ismos -ism
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photism pho·tism (fō'tĭz'əm)
n.
The production of a sensation of light or color by a stimulus to another sense organ, such as that of hearing or touch.
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Photism
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| 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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