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exordium
[ ig-zawr-dee-uhm, ik-sawr- ]
noun
- the beginning of anything.
- the introductory part of an oration, treatise, etc.
exordium
/ ɛkˈsɔːdɪəm /
noun
- an introductory part or beginning, esp of an oration or discourse
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Derived Forms
- exˈordial, adjective
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Other Words From
- ex·ordi·al adjective
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of exordium1
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Example Sentences
From the exordium, forwards, I followed his words closely, and lost none of his arguments.
This exordium is followed by a new invitation to come to Paris with all speed to talk over everything.
She replied through the Count of Staremberg, her minister for German affairs, that such an exordium deserved no answer at all.
A single allusion to Greece, as the mistress of the world in letters and arts, found an appropriate place in the exordium.
That Lucretian Exordium he must have written in one of his happiest veins—under the sting of the poetical œstrum.
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