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exordiums

exordiums is the plural of exordium.

Meaning of exordium

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

Questions about exordiums

What is exordiums the plural of?
Exordiums is the plural of exordium.

Words near exordiums in the dictionary

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

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