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| di·a·crit·ic [ d ə kríttik ] |
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language
Same as diacritical
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noun (plural di·a·crit·ics) |
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phonetic mark added to letter: a mark above or below a printed letter that indicates a change in the way it is to be pronounced or stressed. Acute and grave accents, tildes, and cedillas are examples of diacritics.
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| [Late 17th century. < Greek diakritikos "that distinguishes or separates" < krinein "separate, decide"] |
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