Meanings
- rhetoricPertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).
7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]
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The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological.
1971, John Theodore Braun, The Apostrophic Gesture, page 22 - communicationsPertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').
All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]
2003 November 6, Lynne Truss, “The Tractable Apostrophe”, in Eats, Shoots & Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation, London: Profile Books Ltd, →ISBN, page 38
Origin
Translations
Polish apostroficzny, apostroficzny
- apostroficznypertaining to the apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)
- apostroficznypertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')
Portuguese apostrófico, apostrófico
- apostróficopertaining to the apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue)
- apostróficopertaining to the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ')
Rhymes & wordplay
Rhymes with apostrophic
Cite this entry
apostrophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apostrophic
“apostrophic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apostrophic. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “apostrophic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/apostrophic.
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