English Explanatory Dictionary

exordium

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A beginning.
  2. The introduction to an essay or discourse.

Pronunciation

/ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/ /ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/ en-us-exordium.ogg

Word forms

exordium exordiums exordia

Etymology

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

Related words

exord primordial primordium
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