keɪs, -keɪz noun
1.
(in czarist Russia) an edict or order of the czar having the force of law.
2.
any order or proclamation by an absolute or arbitrary authority.
Origin:
1720–30; < French < Russian ukáz, Old Russian ukazŭ, noun derivative of ukazati to show, indicate, assign, command, equivalent to u- prefix + kazati to show, order
1720–30; < French < Russian ukáz, Old Russian ukazŭ, noun derivative of ukazati to show, indicate, assign, command, equivalent to u- prefix + kazati to show, order
Synonyms
2. edict, directive, ruling, decree, fiat.
2. edict, directive, ruling, decree, fiat.
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| —n | |
| 1. | (in imperial Russia) an edict of the tsar |
| 2. | a rare word for edict |
| [C18: from Russian ukaz, from ukazat to command] | |
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Ukase
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 chattering or flighty, light-headed person. |
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Word Origin & History
ukase
1729, "decree issued by a Russian emperor," from Rus. ukaz "edict," from ukazat' "to show, decree," from O.C.S. ukazati, from u-, intens. prefix, + kazati "to show, order," which is related to the first element of Casimir.
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