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punctum delens

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
punc-tum de-lens
IPA
20
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.

noun

A dot placed above a consonant in Irish, when it is written in Gaelic script, to indicate that the consonant is lenited.

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.

Inflected Forms

puncta delentia (plural)

Questions

What does punctum delens mean?
A dot placed above a letter to indicate that it is a copying error and should be ignored.
Where does punctum delens come from?
Unadapted borrowing from Latin pūnctum dēlēns.

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