pneuma

[noo-muh, nyoo-]

pneu·ma

[noo-muh, nyoo-]
noun
1.
the vital spirit; the soul.
2.
Theology. the Spirit of God; the Holy Ghost.

Origin:
1875–80; < Greek pneûma literally, breath, wind, akin to pneîn to blow, breathe
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Pneuma 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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pneuma (ˈnjuːmə)
 
n
philosophy Compare psyche a person's vital spirit, soul, or creative energy
 
[C19: from Greek: breath, spirit, wind; related to pnein to blow, breathe]

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