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deleatur

/ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/

deleatur noun: dele (“mark signifying deletion”).

Noun

deleatur (plural deleaturs)

  1. dele (“mark signifying deletion”)
    • […] having been ironically reprimanded for inventing ingenuous errors, [he] will have to allow the errors of others to pass, when what he is tempted to do, and rightly so, is to fill the margins of the page with a flurry of indignant deleaturs […]2011, José Saramago, History of the Siege Of Lisbon, page 32

Forms of deleatur

pluraldeleaturs

Origin of deleatur

Borrowed from Latin dēleātur (“may it be deleted; may it be destroyed”).

Questions about deleatur

What does deleatur mean?
Deleatur means dele (“mark signifying deletion”).
What part of speech is deleatur?
Deleatur is a noun.
How do you pronounce deleatur?
Deleatur is pronounced /ˌdiː.liˈeɪ.təɹ/.
What is the plural of deleatur?
The plural of deleatur is deleaturs.

Words near deleatur in the dictionary

  1. deleads
  2. deleaf
  3. deleafed
  4. deleafing
  5. deleafs
  6. deleatur
  7. deleaturs
  8. deleave
  9. deleaved
  10. deleaves
  11. deleaving

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