diacritic
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noun \ˌdī-ə-ˈkri-tik\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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See Examples of DIACRITIC
- Two diacritics appear in the word “déjà vu.”
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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