Websterian

[web-steer-ee-uhn]

Web·ste·ri·an

[web-steer-ee-uhn]
adjective
1.
pertaining to or characteristic of Daniel Webster, his political theories, or his oratory.
2.
pertaining to or characteristic of Noah Webster or his dictionary.

Origin:
1855–60, Americanism; Webster + -ian
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Websterian is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes.
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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