| Back | exordium /ig/eg-ZOR-dee-uhm, ik-SOR-l/ |
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| Front | noun The beginning or introductory part of anything, especially of a discourse, treatise, etc. [From Latin ex- (out, from) + ordiri (to begin). Earliest documented use: 1531.] “Reading the OED ... is described in the author’s exordium with ‘I have read the OED so that you don’t have to.’” - William Safire; Presents of Mind; The New York Times Magazine; Jun 22, 2008. |
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