exordium

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Etymology 1.2 Pronunciation 1.3 Noun 1.3.1 Translations

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[edit] Etymology

From Latin exōrdium (“‘beginning, commencement’”), from exōrdior (“‘I begin, commence’”), from ex (“‘out of, from’”) + ōrdior (“‘I begin’”).

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• IPA: /ɛg'zɔ:dɪəm/

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exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)

1. a beginning
2. the introduction to a paper or discourse
   • 1985, Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

     This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows.

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