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1375–1425 for earlier sense “dissolved”; 1525–35 for current senses; late Middle English < Latin resolūtus, past participle of resolvere to resolve
1375–1425 for earlier sense “dissolved”; 1525–35 for current senses; late Middle English < Latin resolūtus, past participle of resolvere to resolve
Related forms
res·o·lute·ness, noun
o·ver·res·o·lute, adjective
o·ver·res·o·lute·ly, adverb
o·ver·res·o·lute·ness, noun
EXPANDsem·i·res·o·lute, adjective
sem·i·res·o·lute·ly, adverb
sem·i·res·o·lute·ness, noun
un·res·o·lute, adjective
un·res·o·lute·ly, adverb
un·res·o·lute·ness, noun
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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. |
| the offspring of a zebra and a donkey. |
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Word Origin & History
resolute
early 15c., "dissolved, of loose structure," from L. resolutus, pp. of resolvere (see resolution). Meaning "determined, absolute" is from c.1500.
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