un-softening
fən, ˈsɒf
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| —vb | |
| 1. | to make or become soft or softer |
| 2. | to make or become gentler |
| 3. | (intr) commerce |
| a. (of demand, a market, etc) to weaken | |
| b. (of a price) to fall | |
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Un-softening
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 calculus or concretion found in the stomach or intestines of certain animals, esp. ruminants, formerly reputed to be an effective remedy for poison. |
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Word Origin & History
soften
c.1385, "to mitigate, diminish," from soft (adj.). Meaning "to make physically soft" is from 1530; intrans. sense of "to become softer" is attested from 1611.
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