exordium

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exordium

/ɛɡˈzɔːdɪəm/ UK
/ɛɡˈzɔɹdɪəm/ US

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Borrowed from Latin exordium (“beginning, commencement”), from exōrdior (“to begin, commence”), from ex (“out of, from”) + ōrdior (“to begin”).

noun exordiums · exordia

formal A beginning.
The introduction to an essay or discourse. Cicero thinks, in discourses of philosophy, the exordium to be the hardest part: if it be so, I wisely lay hold on the conclusion.

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noun beginning

Español	exordio
हिन्दी	भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodghāt, आमुख āmukh, वाडमुख vāḍmukh, मुखबन्ध mukhbandh, मुखबंध mukhbandh
Português	exórdio
Русский	нача́ло načálo

noun introduction to an essay or discourse

Español	exordio
हिन्दी	भूमिका bhūmikā, उपोदघात upodghāt, आमुख āmukh, वाडमुख vāḍmukh, मुखबन्ध mukhbandh, मुखबंध mukhbandh
Português	exórdio
Русский	вступле́ние vstuplénije, введе́ние vvedénije

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@misc{exordium_2026,
  title = {exordium},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/exordium},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}