EXEMPLUM

PRONUNCIATION: (ig-ZEM-pluhm)

MEANING: noun:
1. An example or model.
2. An anecdote used to illustrate a moral truth or support an argument.

ETYMOLOGY: From Latin exemplum (example), from eximere (to take out), from ex- (out) + emere (to take). Ultimately from the Indo-European root em- (to take or distribute), which also gave us example, sample, assume, consume, prompt, ransom, vintage, redeem, diriment, subsume, and peremptory. Earliest documented use: 1482.
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EXEMPLUS - add something to XM

EXAM PLUM - a very easy test question

EXEMBLUM - a company's previous logo