apostrophic

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Scrabble points
20
Words With Friends
22
Letters
11

Definition of apostrophic

2 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

adj

  1. (rhetoric)Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
    “7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]”
    “The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.”
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adj

  1. (rhetoric)Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
    “7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]”
    “The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.”
  2. Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
    “All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]”

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Etymology

From apostrophe + -ic.

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9-letter words

6 words

8-letter words

14 words

7-letter words

37 words

6-letter words

89 words

5-letter words

53 words

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