apostrophicadj.
/apəʊˈstrɒfɪk/ 1. Of, pertaining to, or addicted to the use of rhetorical apostrophe.
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society > leisure > the arts > literature > style of language or writing > figure of speech > figures of structure or thought > [adjective] > relating to apostrophe
apostrophal1652
apostrophic1820
1820 Ld. Byron Let. 7 June (1977) VII. 113 Mrs. Hemans is..too stiltified, & apostrophic.
1861 J. Tulloch Eng. Puritanism ii. 248 Passages of apostrophic grandeur.
2. Of or pertaining to the grammatical apostrophe.
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society > communication > writing > written character > punctuation > [adjective] > omission mark
apostrophic1795
apostrophized1818
1795 L. Murray Eng. Gram. 27 Sometimes..when the singular terminates in s, the apostrophick s is not added.
1816 J. Gilchrist Philos. Etymol. 49 The genitive has the apostrophic'.
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