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adjective
of, pertaining to, or inhabiting a cave or caves.
Also, spe·le·an.
Origin:
1830–40; < Neo-Latin spēlae(us) (adj. derivative of Latin spēlaeum cave < Greek spḗlaion) + -an
1830–40; < Neo-Latin spēlae(us) (adj. derivative of Latin spēlaeum cave < Greek spḗlaion) + -an
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Spelaean
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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