quasi-

a combining form meaning “resembling,” “having some, but not all of the features of,” used in the formation of compound words: quasi-definition; quasi-monopoly; quasi-official; quasi-scientific.

Origin:
< Latin quasi as if, as though, equivalent to qua(m) as + sī if

Can be confused: pseudo-, quasi-.

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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.

an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.

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quasi-

—*combining form*
1.	almost but not really; seemingly: a quasi-religious cult
2.	resembling but not actually being; so-called: a quasi-scholar

[from L., lit: as if]

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