Translingual word senses marked with topical category "Literature"

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Parent categories: Culture, Entertainment, Writing, Society, Human behaviour, Language, Human, Communication
Subcategories: Authors, Books, Classical studies, Comics, J. R. R. Tolkien, Poetry

Total 26 word senses

• Saurona (Proper name) A taxonomic genus within the family Nymphalidae – certain butterflies.
• s.l. (Adjective) no place of publication given
• ۞ (Symbol) The rub el hizb (Arabic ربع الحزب) symbol, used to divide the hizbs (chapters) of the Qur'an.
• ! (Punctuation) Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.; Used in some comics instead of the period (.), ending all sentences, except those that use question marks, ellipses, etc.
• ! (Punctuation) Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.; Used by itself to convey that a character is surprised at something.
• ! (Punctuation) Denoting excitement, surprise, shock or sudden realizations.; Used to convey that a character has made a sudden realization.
• 666 (Symbol) The Number of the Beast.
• ? (Punctuation) Used by itself to convey that the speaker is confused.
• `lt` `gt` (Punctuation) Synonym of * * (“encloses an interpretation, describes an action as if it were actually happening”)
• `lt` `gt` (Punctuation) Encloses translated text, including from nonhuman speakers.
• ˉ (Symbol) Used to mark a long/stressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨ˉˉ⟩ spondee. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̄⟩.
• ˘ (Symbol) Used to mark a short/unstressed syllable in a metrical foot or verse: e.g. ⟨˘ˉ⟩ iamb, ⟨ˉ˘⟩ trochee, ⟨˘˘⟩ pyrrhic. Also placed over vowel letters: see ⟨◌̆⟩.
• ‖ (Symbol) Used to mark caesuras.
• ⅏ (Symbol) Indicates a source in the Samaritan script.
• ◡ (Symbol) Alternative form of ˘ (unaccented syllable)
• ★ (Symbol) A mark of excellence.; Appears in the eyes of a character to indicate that they are star-struck, excited or incredibly happy.
• ⚙ (Symbol) Multiple gears indicate that a character is thinking and is probably about to have an idea. Compare 💡 (“light bulb symbol, indicates an idea”).
• 💀 (Symbol) Indicates a strong stench.
• 💦 (Symbol) Sweat droplets that appear in-front of a character's face when stressed, working hard or tired.
• 💨 (Symbol) Used to indicate a person or animal has dashed away.
• 💫 (Symbol) Appears around—or above—the head of a character when dizzy, intoxicated, ill or otherwise disoriented.
• 💬 (Symbol) Contains text spoken by characters in comics.
• 💭 (Symbol) Contains text thought by characters in comics.
• 💸 (Symbol) Represents a loss of money.
• 🗦 🗧 (Punctuation) Encloses an interjection, for emphasis.
• 🗮 (Symbol) Contains text said by characters screaming in anger, fear, etc. in comics.

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