English
Etymology
Latin exordium, from exordiri �begin�, from ex- + ordiri �begin�.

Pronunciation
IPA: /�g'z�:dɪ�m/

Noun
exordium

1. a beginning
2. the introduction to a paper or discourse

#:*1985: This is a feeble article of faith to begin with, but it helps to push my pen through this exordium and what now follows. � Anthony Burgess, Kingdom of the Wicked

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