"exordial" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more exordial [comparative], most exordial [superlative]
Rhymes: Exordial rhymes with primordial Etymology: Etymology tree Latin exordiribor. English exordial Borrowed from Latin exordiri. Etymology templates: {{ety|en|:bor|la:exordiri|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Latin exordiribor. English exordial [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "exordiri", "status" : "missing", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "exordial", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" }" data-lang="en" data-title="exordial"> Borrowed from Latin exordiri. Head templates: {{en-adj}} exordial (comparative more exordial, superlative most exordial)
  1. of or relating to an exordium, beginning or introduction
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