EXORDIUM (exordia)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: exordia   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does exordium mean? 

• EXORDIUM (noun)
  The noun EXORDIUM has 1 sense:

1. (rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

  Familiarity information: EXORDIUM used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• EXORDIUM (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(rhetoric) the introductory section of an oration or discourse

Classified under:

Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents

Hypernyms ("exordium" is a kind of...):

introduction (the first section of a communication)

Domain category:

rhetoric (study of the technique and rules for using language effectively (especially in public speaking))

 Context examples 

I trembled violently at his exordium, and my father continued—

(Frankenstein, by Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley)

When this dreadful exordium was over, and Tungay had stumped out again, Mr. Creakle came to where I sat, and told me that if I were famous for biting, he was famous for biting, too.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)