sharp s

plural sharp s's · alternative sharp S

1. The name of the Latin script letter ẞ/ß.

   That there are sudden and unexplained changes of typeface (on p. 121) or that Greek betas appear in lieu of German sharp s’s could be construed as small oversights.

   2000, African Philosophy, page 186

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   A minor but convenient feature is the ability to include words with accent marks (Umlauts, sharp s’s) (ß) into the text. The accent entry utility provides a quick and useful way of adding diacritical marks or sharp s’s in German) (ß) into the text.

   1991, TEXT Technology, page 13

   The beginning of each chapter has been silently regularized (e.g., “REligion” becomes “Religion”), as have words with tildes (e.g., “burthe^~” becomes “burthen” and “woma^~” becomes “woman”) and sharp s’s (e.g., “amißa” becomes “amissa”).

   2004, ““Women, their mindes are crystall”: Christopher Newstead’s Arguments for the Superiority of Women”, in Susan Gushee O’Malley, editor, “Custome Is an Idiot”: Jacobean Pamphlet Literature on Women, Urbana, Ill.; Chicago, Ill.: University of Illinois Press, →ISBN, pages 116–117

   Synonyms: eszett, double S