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unfurled

[uhn-furl] Origin

un·furl

[uhn-furl]
verb (used with object)
1.
to spread or shake out from a furled state, as a sail or a flag; unfold.
verb (used without object)
2.
to become unfurled.

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Unfurled 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 fool or simpleton; ninny.

Origin:
1635–45; un-2 + furl

un·furl·a·ble, adjective
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unfurl
1640s, from un- (2) + furl (v.). Related: unfurled, unfurling.
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