publications

[puhb-li-key-shuhn]

pub·li·ca·tion

[puhb-li-key-shuhn]
noun
1.
the act of publishing a book, periodical, map, piece of music, engraving, or the like.
2.
the act of bringing before the public; announcement.
3.
the state or fact of being published.
4.
something that is published, especially a periodical.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English publicacioun < Latin pūblicātiōn- (stem of pūblicātiō) a making public, confiscation, equivalent to pūblicāt(us) (past participle of pūblicāre to make public) + -iōn- -ion

non·pub·li·ca·tion, noun
pro·pub·li·ca·tion, adjective
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Publications is always a great word to know.
So is callithumpian. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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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