Definitions for exordia

exordia ex·or·di·um

Spelling: [ig-zawr-dee-uh m, ik-sawr-]
IPA: /ɪgˈzɔr di əm, ɪkˈsɔr-/

Exordia is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 161 anagrams from letters in exordia (adeiorx).

Definitions for exordia

noun

  1. the beginning of anything.
  2. the introductory part of an oration, treatise, etc.
  3. the beginning of anything.
  4. the introductory part of an oration, treatise, etc.

Origin of exordia

1525-35; Latin exōrdium, equivalent to ex- ex-1 + ōrd(īrī) to begin + -ium -ium

Examples for exordia

Fuller looked a little scared at this exordium, but Rachel did not notice him.

It is his notion of freedom, and at once the exordium and peroration of his eloquence.

The exordium she had so carefully prepared during her walk was eluding her.

Similarly, in the case of speeches, the exordium is prior in order to the narrative.

The proprietors have combined the capital and labor hinted at in my exordium.

So far, since the exordium, its course has been strictly narrative.

By the time I had finished this exordium, Melons had disappeared, as I fully expected.

Your exordium was so singularly clear, that I did not understand you before.

Every one present laughed at the exordium (and there the matter dropped).

Every Speyside man will recognise from this exordium that I am about to treat of "Geordie."

Word Value for exordia
Scrable

15

Words with friends

15

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