sanglier
li noun
a closely woven fabric made of mohair or worsted, constructed in plain weave, and finished to simulate the coat of a boar.
Origin:
1350–1400; < Middle French ≪ Late Latin singulāris (porcus) solitary (pig or boar); replacing Middle English singlere < Old French sengler < Latin, as above
1350–1400; < Middle French ≪ Late Latin singulāris (porcus) solitary (pig or boar); replacing Middle English singlere < Old French sengler < Latin, as above
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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. |
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