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sayings

[sey-ing] Origin

say·ing

[sey-ing]
noun
1.
something said, especially a proverb or apothegm.
2.
go without saying, to be completely self-evident; be understood: It goes without saying that you are welcome to visit us at any time.

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Sayings is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance.
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.

Origin:
1250–1300; Middle English (gerund); see say1, -ing1


1. maxim, adage, saw, aphorism.

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Word Origin & History

saying
"utterance, recitation, act of the verb 'say,' " c.1300, prp. of say (v.); meaning "something that has been said" (usually by someone thought important) is from c.1300; sense of "a proverb" is first attested mid-15c.
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