subjunctive vowel
noun
1The second vowel of a diphthong.
2The vowel by which the subjunctive is distinguished from the indicative.
Origin
Mid 18th century; earliest use found in Thomas Nugent (c1700–1772), writer and traveller. After post-classical Latin vocalis subiunctiva, Hellenistic Greek ϕωνῆεν ὑποτακτικόν.
- obliger
- obliging
- obligingly
- obligingness
- obligor
- obliquation
- oblique
- oblique-angled
- oblique ascension
- oblique hyperbola
- obliquely
- oblique motion
- obliqueness
- oblique pedal
- oblique perspective
- oblique photograph
- obliquity
- obliquus
- obliterate
- obliteratingly
- obliterating mark
- obliteration
- obliteration bombing
- obliterative
- obliterator