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diacritical, a.|daɪəˈkrɪtɪkəl|
[f. as prec. + -al1.]
1. Gram. = diacritic a.
1749B. Martin (title), Lingua Britannica Reformata: or a universal English Dictionary..Universal, Etymological, Orthographical, Orthoepical, Diacritical. 1755Johnson Dict. Gram. Eng. Tongue, From f in the Islandick alphabet, v is only distinguished by a diacritical point. 1840H. Malcom Trav. 42/1 [In Siamese] there are thirty-four consonants..and twelve vowels, with several diacritical marks. 1867A. J. Ellis E.E. Pronunc. I. i. 21 In quite recent days, the innovation of diacritical signs arose as in French and German.
b. gen. Distinguishing, distinctive.
1857Birch Anc. Pottery (1858) II. 343 The diacritical marks of this ware are a paste of red coralline colour, [etc.]
c. Electr. (See quot.)
1884S. P. Thompson Dynamo-Electr. Mach. (1888) 307 This number of ampère-turns he named the diacritical number; and the current producing half-saturation he called the diacritical current.
2. Capable, or showing a capacity, of distinguishing or discerning.
1856Alexander Life Dr. Wardlaw xix. 477 His intellect was eminently dialectic and diacritical. 1865Athenæum 24 June 837/2 Where is his diacritical power?
Hence diaˈcritically adv.
1820Blackw. Mag. VII. 198 Masoretically print it, diacritically compose it. |