diacriticadj.n.

/dʌɪəˈkrɪtɪk/

Etymology: < Greek διακριτικός, that separates or distinguishes, < διακρίνειν to separate. In modern French diacritique.

A. adj.

Serving to distinguish, distinctive; spec. in Grammar applied to signs or marks used to distinguish different sounds or values of the same letter or character; e.g. è, é, ê, ë, ė, ē, ĕ, ę, etc.

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diacritic1699

diacritical1749

1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 87 Plato in his Repub. 9. makes a Philosopher to be ὄργανον διακριτικόν, a diacritic or very critic instrument.]

1699 J. Wallis Let. to Bp. Lloyd 8 May in Nicolson's Lett. (1809) I. 123 The Arabick ha or cha.., distinguished only by the diacritic points.

1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 106 Printed with diacritic signs.

1892 Nation (N.Y.) 21 July 49/2 Printing ‘hī snōs’..‘brôt,’ ‘twilīt,’ ‘ëarlier,’ and other diacritic novelties.

B. n. Grammar.

A diacritic sign or mark.

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society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic

accentOE

tittle1538

verge1555

point1614

diacritic1866

supersign1907

1866 A. J. Ellis On Palæotype in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1867) App. 1. 6 Lepsius's Standard Alphabet in which..as many as two or three diacritics are applied to a single body.

1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 174 Even letters with accents and diacritics..being only cast for a few founts, act practically as new letters.

1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 175 We may consider the h in sh and th simply as a diacritic written for convenience on a line with the letter it modifies.

1888 Athenæum 1 Sept. 287/1 A system which requires several new types and makes constant use of diacritics.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2020).

单词	diacritic
释义	diacriticadj.n. /dʌɪəˈkrɪtɪk/ Etymology: < Greek διακριτικός, that separates or distinguishes, < διακρίνειν to separate. In modern French diacritique. A. adj. Serving to distinguish, distinctive; spec. in Grammar applied to signs or marks used to distinguish different sounds or values of the same letter or character; e.g. è, é, ê, ë, ė, ē, ĕ, ę, etc. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [adjective] > diacritic diacritic1699 diacritical1749 1677 T. Gale Court of Gentiles: Pt. III iii. 87 Plato in his Repub. 9. makes a Philosopher to be ὄργανον διακριτικόν, a diacritic or very critic instrument.] 1699 J. Wallis Let. to Bp. Lloyd 8 May in Nicolson's Lett. (1809) I. 123 The Arabick ha or cha.., distinguished only by the diacritic points. 1875 T. Hill True Order Stud. 106 Printed with diacritic signs. 1892 Nation (N.Y.) 21 July 49/2 Printing ‘hī snōs’..‘brôt,’ ‘twilīt,’ ‘ëarlier,’ and other diacritic novelties. B. n. Grammar. A diacritic sign or mark. ΘΚΠ society > communication > writing > written character > [noun] > written character not a letter > diacritic accentOE tittle1538 verge1555 point1614 diacritic1866 supersign1907 1866 A. J. Ellis On Palæotype in Trans. Philol. Soc. (1867) App. 1. 6 Lepsius's Standard Alphabet in which..as many as two or three diacritics are applied to a single body. 1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 174 Even letters with accents and diacritics..being only cast for a few founts, act practically as new letters. 1877 H. Sweet Handbk. Phonetics 175 We may consider the h in sh and th simply as a diacritic written for convenience on a line with the letter it modifies. 1888 Athenæum 1 Sept. 287/1 A system which requires several new types and makes constant use of diacritics. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1895; most recently modified version published online September 2020). < adj.n.1699
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