Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Pertaining to an exordium; introductory; initial.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective of or relating to an
exordium ,beginning orintroduction
Etymologies
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Latin exordiri.
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Examples
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But the greatest underweening of this life is to undervalue that, unto which this is but exordial or a passage leading unto it.
Christian Morals 1605-1682 1863
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This interpretation will justify or palliate the exordial dialogue.
Notes to Shakespeare, Volume III: The Tragedies Samuel Johnson 1746
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If the exordial verses of Homer be compared with the rest of the poem, they will not appear remarkable for plainness or simplicity, but rather eminently adorned and illuminated:
The Works of Samuel Johnson, Volume 03 The Rambler, Volume II Samuel Johnson 1746
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