exordium


Pronunciation key

( ig-zôr′di-əm )
( ig-sôr′di-əm )

ex•or•di•um

n. [pl. EXORDIUMS (-əms), EXORDIA (-ə)]

[L. < exordiri to begin a web, hence begin (speech, etc); ex-, from + ordiri, to begin]

  1. Introductory segment of a discourse. A prelude. The start of. A beginning of anything.
  2. Opening part of an oration, speech, composition, treatise, etc.

References

  • The American College Dictionary (Random House) ©1949
  • Webster's New World Dictionary of the American Language (College Edition) ©1955
  • Webster's Improved Dictionary and Everyday Encyclopedia ©1956
  • Funk and Wagnalls Standard Dictionary, Comprehensive International Edition ©1976
  • The American Heritage Dictionary, Second College Edition ©1985

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