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self-approbation

[ap-ruh-bey-shuhn] Origin

ap·pro·ba·tion

[ap-ruh-bey-shuhn]
noun
1.
approval; commendation.
2.
official approval or sanction.
3.
Obsolete. conclusive proof.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English (< Middle French ) < Latin approbātiōn- (stem of approbātiō). See approbate, -ion

pre·ap·pro·ba·tion, noun
self-ap·pro·ba·tion, noun
sub·ap·pro·ba·tion, noun
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Self-approbation 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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Word Origin & History

approbation
late 14c., from O.Fr. aprobation, from L. approbationem, noun of action from approbatus, pp. of approbare (see approve).
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