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diacritic
noun di·a·crit·ic \ˌdī-ə-ˈkri-tik\
: a mark that is placed over, under, or through a letter in some languages to show that the letter should be pronounced in a particular way
Full Definition of DIACRITIC
: a mark near or through an orthographic or phonetic character or combination of characters indicating a phonetic value different from that given the unmarked or otherwise marked element
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First Known Use of DIACRITIC
1866
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Rhymes with DIACRITIC
ammonitic, anaclitic, analytic, anchoritic, anthracitic, catalytic, cenobitic, coprolitic, dialytic, doleritic, dolomitic, dynamitic, eremitic, granulitic, higher critic, hypercritic, laryngitic, paralytic, parasitic, sodomitic, stalactitic, stalagmitic, sybaritic, syphilitic, thallophytic, thrombolytic, troglodytic, Ugaritic
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