ʃi noun
something related in some way to two things, but distinct from both; something intermediate between two things.
Origin:
1715–25; < Latin, translation of Greek tríton·ti some third thing
1715–25; < Latin, translation of Greek tríton·ti some third thing
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| an unknown or indefinite thing related in some way to two known or definite things, but distinct from both: there is either right or wrong, with no tertium quid | |
| [C18: from Late Latin, rendering Greek triton ti some third thing] | |
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Tertium quid
is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
| 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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tertium quid
1724, from L., lit. "third something," loan-translation of Gk. triton ti (Plato), used in alchemy for "unidentified element present in a combination of two known ones."
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