Apostrophic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Apostrophic is an adjective meaning (rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
Meaning
(rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
More Meanings
- (orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
Example Sentences
The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.
7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]
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!”; […]
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include aposiopetic, aposiopestic, antiphrastical, antiphrastic, apostrophed, apocopic.
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