Meanings
- obsoleteObsolete spelling of O.
O all you hoſt of heauen, ô earth, what els, / And ſhall I coupple hell, ô fie, hold, hold my hart, […]
c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, The Tragicall Historie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke: […] (Second Quarto), London: […] I[ames] R[oberts] for N[icholas] L[ing] […], published 1604, →OCLC, [Act I, scene v], signature D3, verso
Synonyms & antonyms
symbolA dictionary transcription for the THOUGHT vowel; also an orthographic ⟨o⟩ with a diacritic that marks it as having that value, as in the word "nor".
Cite this entry
ô. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%B4
“ô.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%B4. Accessed November 4, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “ô,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/%C3%B4.
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