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solomonic

[sol-uh-mon-ik]

Sol·o·mon·ic

[sol-uh-mon-ik]
adjective
1.
of or pertaining to King Solomon.
2.
wise or reasonable in character: a Solomonic decision.
Also, Sol·o·mo·ni·an [sol-uh-moh-nee-uhn, -mohn-yuhn] .


Origin:
1715–25; Solomon + -ic

pre-Sol·o·mon·ic, adjective
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Solomonic is always a great word to know.
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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.
a scrap or morsel of food left at a meal.
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Solomon (ˈsɒləmən)
 
n
10th century bc, king of Israel, son of David and Bathsheba, credited with great wisdom
 
Solomonic
 
adj
 
Solomonian
 
adj

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