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exordium

UK/ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm//ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/

exordium noun: a beginning.

Noun

exordium (plural exordiums or exordia)

  1. (formal) A beginning.
  2. The introduction to an essay or discourse.
    • Cicero thinks, in discourses of philosophy, the exordium to be the hardest part: if it be so, I wisely lay hold on the conclusion.1603, Michel de Montaigne, chapter 17, in John Florio, transl., The Essayes […], book II, London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC
    • The depreciation of her produce was next insisted upon; and I found this exordium led to the information that Messrs. Standish and Co. had been enabled, from the depressed state of the market, to lay in a large stock of Irish linen at unheard-of low prices.1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, pages 180–181

exordium meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Malayalam and Sanskrit

exordium in Hindi

beginning
भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodghāt, आमुख āmukh, वाडमुख vāḍmukh, मुखबन्ध mukhbandh, मुखबंध mukhbandh
introduction to an essay or discourse
भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodghāt, आमुख āmukh, वाडमुख vāḍmukh, मुखबन्ध mukhbandh, मुखबंध mukhbandh

exordium in Tamil

சொற்பொழிவின் முதற்பகுதி

exordium in Malayalam

prelude, introduction, opening
ആമുഖം, ആനയനം, ഉപോദ്ഘാതം, ഉദാഹാരം, അവതരണം, പസ്പശം

exordium in Sanskrit

beginning
भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodaghāta, आमुख āmukha, वाडमुख vāḍamukha, मुखबन्ध mukhabandha, प्रस्ताव prastāva
introduction to an essay or discourse
भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodaghāta, आमुख āmukha, वाडमुख vāḍamukha, मुखबन्ध mukhabandha, प्रस्ताव prastāva

Forms of exordium

pluralexordiums
pluralexordia

Origin of exordium

Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”).

Questions about exordium

What does exordium mean?
Exordium means a beginning.
What is exordium in Hindi?
Exordium in Hindi is भूमिका (bhūmikā), उपोदघात (upodghāt), आमुख (āmukh). See Exordium meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is exordium?
Exordium is a noun.
How do you pronounce exordium?
Exordium is pronounced /ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/ (UK).
What is the plural of exordium?
The plural of exordium is exordiums.

Words near exordium in the dictionary

  1. exorcizes
  2. exorcizing
  3. exord
  4. exordia
  5. exordial
  6. exordium
  7. exordiums
  8. exords
  9. exoreic
  10. exoresistant
  11. exorheic

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Adapted from Wiktionary: exordium (page history and authors); exordium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); exordium (Olam, E.K. Kurup corpus) (dataset and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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