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principia

[prin-sip-ee-uhm]

prin·cip·i·um

[prin-sip-ee-uhm]
noun, plural -cip·i·a [-sip-ee-uh] .
a principle.

Origin:
1575–85; < Latin prīncipium literally, that which is first, equivalent to prīncip- (see prince) + -ium -ium
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Principia is always a great word to know.
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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 fool or simpleton; ninny.
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