digammated
adjectiveDefinition of digammated
1 : having the Greek letter digamma
2 : inferred to have had a w-sound of which actual orthographic evidence does not survive —used of a Greek word or root or of the vowel following the inferred sound the number of digammated roots in Homer— R. C. Jebb
3 : printed with digamma inserted where its sound is believed originally to have been employed a digammated edition of Homer
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