This week's theme
Words that appear to be misspellings

This week's words
vizard
grogram
secretory
factitious
proem

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Toponyms

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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.

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