apostrophe¹ /ə-posˈtrə-fi/

1. A mark (’) showing (among other uses) the omission of a letter or letters in a word
2. A sign of the modern English genitive or possessive case (orig marking the dropping of e)

apostrophe² /ə-posˈtrə-fi/

1. A sudden turning away from the ordinary course of a speech to address some person or object present or absent (explained by Quintilian as addressed to a person present, but extended by modern use to the absent or inanimate)
2. The ranging of chloroplasts along the side walls of the cell in intense light (botany)

apostrophic /ap-ə-strofˈik/ adjective

aposˈtrophize or aposˈtrophise transitive verb

To address in or by apostrophe

• flag-captains
• flag day
• flag days
• flag down
• flagella
• flagellant
• flagellantism
• flagellantisms
• flagellants
• Flagellata
• flagellate
• flagellated
• flagellates
• flagellating
• flagellation
• flagellations
• flagellator
• flagellators
• flagellatory
• flagelliferous
• flagelliform
• flagellomania
• flagellomaniac
• flagellomaniacs
• flagellomanias