circumflexedadj.

Brit.

/ˈsəːkəmflɛkst/, U.S.

/ˈsərkəmˌflɛkst/

Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin circumflexus , -ed suffix¹.

Etymology: < classical Latin circumflexus circumflex adj. + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly later circumflex adj.With sense 1b compare Middle French circonflect (1529), circonflexe (1550).

1. Grammar.

a. Of a letter, word, or syllable: that is written with an angular or curved accent mark (ˆ, ◠, or ˜) to indicate rising and falling tone, contraction, length, or special quality; pronounced in the way indicated by such a mark; = circumflex adj. 1b.

1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 35 Finding in Suydas that Pritannia in Greke, with a circumflexed aspiracion, doth signifie Metalles.

1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 61 The Circumflexed Vowels are used in the French more than the Latin language.

1795 Greek Examiner 26 Have not the Futures thus contracted to Terminations of circumflexed or contracted Verbs in all their Persons?

1894 Classical Rev. 8 453/2 In every case there is a fall of pitch in the two notes of a circumflexed syllable.

1943 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 17 Aug. (2nd ed.) 2/1 Its [i.e. Esperanto] alphabet contains special circumflexed consonants not found in any ordinary printing press.

2011 F. Kortland Sel. Writings on Slavic & Gen. Linguistics 7 The stressed root syllable is circumflexed, e.g. Ru. mógut, moglí ‘can, could’, nósjat, nosíli ‘carry/ied’.

b. Designating an angular or curved accent mark (ˆ, ◠, or ˜) placed over a vowel in some languages (originally Greek) to indicate rising and falling tone, contraction, length, or special quality (of the vowel or of an adjacent consonant).

1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. at Accent The circumflexed accent is compounded of the acute and grave.

1830 Cambrian Q. Mag. 1 July 367 Let the..a answering to with, have a circumflexed accent; as â.

1900 G. Saintsbury Hist. Crit. I. ii. 430 Words which are trisyllabic.., without an aspirate, without an acute or circumflexed accent.

2009 S. Facioni in K. C. Baral & R. Radhakrishnan Theory after Derrida v. 145 The circumflexed accent which appears and disappears from the name genêt is then the blade which beheads the author.

2. Bending or bent round; curved; arched. Also occasionally: circular.

1649 J. Cleveland Hue & Cry Sir John Presbyter (single sheet) With a splay mouth, & a nose circumflext.

1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon II. 225/1 A circumflexed serpent biting its tail.

1839 Factory Lad x. 89/1 A triangular countenance, circumflexed shoulders, and habiliments which were considerably dilapidated.

1965 Canad. Patent Office Rec. 93 6251/1 The gas pressure acts upon the circumflexed bottom surface to move it.

2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Sept. (Arts & Leisure section) 59/4 All circumflexed eyebrows and nasty grins, he's an antic, demonic figure.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	circumflexed
释义	circumflexedadj. Brit. /ˈsəːkəmflɛkst/, U.S. /ˈsərkəmˌflɛkst/ Origin: A borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin circumflexus , -ed suffix¹. Etymology: < classical Latin circumflexus circumflex adj. + -ed suffix¹. Compare slightly later circumflex adj.With sense 1b compare Middle French circonflect (1529), circonflexe (1550). 1. Grammar. a. Of a letter, word, or syllable: that is written with an angular or curved accent mark (ˆ, ◠, or ˜) to indicate rising and falling tone, contraction, length, or special quality; pronounced in the way indicated by such a mark; = circumflex adj. 1b. Π 1569 R. Grafton Chron. II. 35 Finding in Suydas that Pritannia in Greke, with a circumflexed aspiracion, doth signifie Metalles. 1755 J. Smith Printer's Gram. iv. 61 The Circumflexed Vowels are used in the French more than the Latin language. 1795 Greek Examiner 26 Have not the Futures thus contracted to Terminations of circumflexed or contracted Verbs in all their Persons? 1894 Classical Rev. 8 453/2 In every case there is a fall of pitch in the two notes of a circumflexed syllable. 1943 Courier & Advertiser (Dundee) 17 Aug. (2nd ed.) 2/1 Its [i.e. Esperanto] alphabet contains special circumflexed consonants not found in any ordinary printing press. 2011 F. Kortland Sel. Writings on Slavic & Gen. Linguistics 7 The stressed root syllable is circumflexed, e.g. Ru. mógut, moglí ‘can, could’, nósjat, nosíli ‘carry/ied’. b. Designating an angular or curved accent mark (ˆ, ◠, or ˜) placed over a vowel in some languages (originally Greek) to indicate rising and falling tone, contraction, length, or special quality (of the vowel or of an adjacent consonant). Π 1764 T. H. Croker et al. Compl. Dict. Arts & Sci. I. at Accent The circumflexed accent is compounded of the acute and grave. 1830 Cambrian Q. Mag. 1 July 367 Let the..a answering to with, have a circumflexed accent; as â. 1900 G. Saintsbury Hist. Crit. I. ii. 430 Words which are trisyllabic.., without an aspirate, without an acute or circumflexed accent. 2009 S. Facioni in K. C. Baral & R. Radhakrishnan Theory after Derrida v. 145 The circumflexed accent which appears and disappears from the name genêt is then the blade which beheads the author. 2. Bending or bent round; curved; arched. Also occasionally: circular. Π 1649 J. Cleveland Hue & Cry Sir John Presbyter (single sheet) With a splay mouth, & a nose circumflext. 1790 J. Bell Bell's New Pantheon II. 225/1 A circumflexed serpent biting its tail. 1839 Factory Lad x. 89/1 A triangular countenance, circumflexed shoulders, and habiliments which were considerably dilapidated. 1965 Canad. Patent Office Rec. 93 6251/1 The gas pressure acts upon the circumflexed bottom surface to move it. 2015 N.Y. Times (National ed.) 13 Sept. (Arts & Leisure section) 59/4 All circumflexed eyebrows and nasty grins, he's an antic, demonic figure. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < adj.1569
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