circumflexioncircumflectionn.
/səːkəmˈflɛkʃən/ 1. Bending round; circuitous course.In Worcester; and in modern dictionaries.
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circumflexion1555
1555 R. Eden tr. Peter Martyr of Angleria Decades of Newe Worlde iii. x. f. 148 The circumflection or course of the water reboundynge in compasse.
1656 T. Blount Glossographia Circumflexion, a bowing or bending round about.
1773 Batchelor II. 45 Such sudden stops, and circumflections.
2. Marking or accenting with a circumflex.
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circumflexion1815
umlauting1938
1815 Monthly Mag. 39 303 The definition of circumflexion..is not very consistent with his explanation of the two simple accents.
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