EXORDIAL
Ex*or"di*al, a.
Defn: Pertaining to the exordium of a discourse: introductory.
The exordial paragraph of the second epistle. I. Taylor.
EXORDIUM Ex*or"di*um, n.; pl. E. Exordiums, L. Exordia . Etym: [L. fr. exordiri to begin a web, lay a warp, begin; ex out + ordiri to begin a web, begin; akin to E. order. See Order.]
Defn: A beginning; an introduction; especially, the introductory part of a discourse or written composition, which prepares the audience for the main subject; the opening part of an oration. "The exordium of repentance." Jer. Taylor. "Long prefaces and exordiums. " Addison.
EXORHIZA
Ex`o*rhi"za, n.; pl. Exorhize. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Defn: A plant Whose radicle is not inclosed or sheathed by the cotyledons or plumule. Gray.
EXORHIZAL; EXORHIZOUS
Ex`o*rhi"zal, Ex`o*rhi`zous, a. (Bot.)
Defn: Having a radicle which is not inclosed by the cotyledons or plumule; of or relating to an exorhiza.
EXORNATION
Ex`or*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. exornatio, fr. exornare. See Ornate.]
Defn: Ornament; decoration; embellishment. [Obs.]
Hyperbolical exornations . . . many much affect. Burton.