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noun
1.
(in ancient Rome)
a.
a cushioned couch kept in readiness for any visitation of a god.
b.
a cushioned seat at a circus.
2.
Also called pulvinus. (on an Ionic capital) either of two convex forms having on their ends two of the volutes.
adjective
3.
pulvinate (def. 3).
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Pulvinar
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. 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 fool or simpleton; ninny. |
Origin:
1590–1600; (noun) < Latin pulvīnar cushioned couch, equivalent to pulvīn(us) cushion + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of āris -ar1; (adj.) pulvin(us) + -ar1
1590–1600; (noun) < Latin pulvīnar cushioned couch, equivalent to pulvīn(us) cushion + -ar, shortening of -āre, neuter of āris -ar1; (adj.) pulvin(us) + -ar1
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pulvinar pul·vi·nar (pŭl-vī'nər)
n.
The posterior extremity of the thalamus, forming a cushionlike prominence over the posterior aspect of the internal capsule.
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