emporium (plural emporiums or emporia)
(also, figuratively) A city or region which is a major trading centre; also, a place within a city for commerce and trading; a marketplace.
(also, figuratively) A shop that offers a wide variety of goods for sale; a department store; (with a descriptive word) a shop specializing in particular goods.
(historical) A business set up to enable foreign traders to engage in commerce in a country; a factory (now the more common term).
(by extension, obsolete) The brain.
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Emporium
A county seat borough, Cameron County, Pennsylvania, United States.
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Source: Wiktionary
Em*po"ri*um, n.; pl. Emporiums, L. Emporia. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. In, and Empiric, Fare.]
1. A place of trade; a market place; a mart; esp., a city or town with extensive commerce; the commercial center of a country. That wonderful emporium [Manchester] . . . was then a mean and ill- built market town. Macaulay. It is pride . . . which fills our streets, our emporiums, our theathers. Knox.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The brain. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
6 June 2025
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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