Colon-point
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Colon-point is a noun meaning (typography, obsolete) Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩.
Meaning
(typography, obsolete) Synonym of colon ⟨:⟩.
Example Sentences
Whoever introduced the several points, it seems that a full-point, a point called come, answering to our colon-point, a point called virgil answering to our comma-point, the parenthesis-points and interrogative-point, were used at the close of the fourteenth, or beginning of the fifteenth century.
Word Forms
- colon-points
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include comma-point, colon, come, full-point, scratch comma, tricolon.
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