Exordium Definition
ĭg-zôrdē-əm, ĭk-sôr-
exordia, exordium
noun
The opening part of an oration, treatise, etc.
Webster's New World
Wiktionary
The introduction to a paper or discourse.
Wiktionary
Origin of Exordium
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From Latin exōrdium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“I begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“I begin”).
From Wiktionary
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Latin from exōrdīrī to begin ex- intensive pref. ex– ōrdīrī to begin ar- in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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