señorita

[seyn-yuh-ree-tuh, seen-; Sp. se-nyaw-ree-tah]

se·ño·ri·ta

[seyn-yuh-ree-tuh, seen-; Sp. se-nyaw-ree-tah]
noun, plural se·ño·ri·tas [-tuhz; Sp. -tahs] .
1.
a Spanish term of address equivalent to miss, used alone or capitalized and prefixed to the name of a girl or unmarried woman. Abbreviation: Srta.
2.
a cigar-shaped wrasse, Oxyjulis californica, found off the coast of California, olive brown above shading to creamy white below.

Origin:
1815–25, Americanism; < Spanish, diminutive of señora
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Señorita is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a fool or simpleton; ninny.
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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señorita (ˌsɛnjɔːˈriːtə, Spanish seɲoˈrita)
 
n , pl -tas
an unmarried Spanish or Spanish-speaking woman: a title of address equivalent to Miss when placed before a name or madam or miss when used alone

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