shame fast

shame·fast

[sheym-fast, -fahst]
adjective Archaic.

Origin:
before 900; Middle English schamfast shamefaced, orig., modest, bashful, Old English sc(e)amfæst; see shame, fast1

shame·fast·ly, adverb
shame·fast·ness, noun
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Shame fast is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison.
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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