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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Diacritic \Di`a*crit"ic\, Diacritical \Di`a*crit"ic*al\, a. [Gr.
?, fr ? to separate, distinguish; dia` through + ? to
separate. See {Critic}.]
That separates or distinguishes; -- applied to points or
marks used to distinguish letters of similar form or
different sounds of the same letter, as [=a], [a^], ["a],
[=o], [o^], etc ``Diacritical points.'' --Sir W. Jones.
A glance at this typography will reveal great
difficulties, which diacritical marks necessarily throw
in the way of both printer and writer. --A. J. Ellis.
From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]:
diacritical
adj : capable of distinguishing; "students having superior
diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"-
S.F.Nadel [syn: {diacritic}]
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