"apostrophic" meaning in English

See apostrophic in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

Rhymes: -ɒfɪk Etymology: apostrophe + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|apostrophe|ic}} apostrophe + -ic Head templates: {{head|en|adjective}} apostrophic
  1. (rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue). Tags: rhetoric Categories (topical): Rhetoric Translations (pertaining to the apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)): apostroficzny (Polish), apostrófico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apostrophic-en-adj-Xlnt~Dgs Disambiguation of 'pertaining to the apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)': 73 27
  2. (orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark '). Categories (topical): Orthography Translations (pertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')): apostrófico (Portuguese)
    Sense id: en-apostrophic-en-adj-rIOmsj~m Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ic Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 17 83 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ic: 21 79 Topics: communications, journalism, literature, media, orthography, publishing, writing Disambiguation of "pertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')": 11 89
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: apostrophically

Download JSON data for apostrophic meaning in English (2.8kB)

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