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Words that appear to be misspellings



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proem



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proem PRONUNCIATION: (PRO-uhm, -em)

MEANING: noun: An introduction, preface, or preamble.

ETYMOLOGY: From Old French proeme, from Latin prooemium, from Greek prooimion, from pro- (before) + oime (song). Earliest documented use: 1410.

USAGE: "However, if one carries on reading beyond the proem and carefully examines the main body ..."

Eleni Kechagia; Plutarch Against Colotes; Oxford University Press; 2011.

A THOUGHT FOR TODAY: People hate as they love, unreasonably. -William Makepeace Thackeray, novelist (1811-1863)





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