| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| exordium |
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| SYLLABICATION: | ex·or·di·um |
| PRONUNCIATION: |   g-zôr d - m, k-sôr- |
| NOUN: | Inflected forms: pl. ex·or·di·ums or ex·or·di·a (-d-)
A beginning or introductory part, especially of a speech or treatise. | | ETYMOLOGY: | Latin, from ex rd r, to begin : ex-, intensive pref.; see ex– + rdr, to begin; see ar- in Appendix I. | | OTHER FORMS: | ex·ordi·al —ADJECTIVE
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