interpunct
interpunct noun: the punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
Noun
interpunct (plural interpuncts)
- The punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
- As is to be expected in every good inscription of the period, the interpunct is used regularly and systematically throughout to divide words from one another. As is usual, the interpunct is frequently omitted between a monosyllabic preposition and the noun that it governs, thus presumably...1972, E. Otha Wingo, Latin punctuation in the classical age, Mouton, page 32
- An interpunct is a typographic glyph consisting of a vertically centered dot and used to indicate syllabic separation of words. Also called interpoint, middle dot or raised dot.2017, Richard Poulin, Design school type : a practical guide for students and designers, Rockport Publishers, page 152
- Synonyms:
- middot, centered dot, middle dot, space dot, interpoint, decimal point, come, turned period, turned point
Verb
interpunct (third-person singular simple present interpuncts, present participle interpuncting, simple past and past participle interpuncted)
- To place points between clauses, words or some letters.
- The three brass jetons (Nos. 5-7) are all of the early anonymous ‘orb/rose’ types minted between 1550 and 1585. They all bear meaningless legends interpuncted with rosettes and dots, signifying the initials of the jeton-master who produced them.2002, Robert Kool, Donald T. Ariel, ’Atiqot, volume 43
- Look, at its heart WALL·E is, I suppose, a love story, and it’s not as if the eco-message is insultingly hammered home as it was, say, in Happy Feet. Much of the film is wonderfully imagined, and there is something utterly winning about this tin can topped with binoculars. (I cried; twice). Kiddies...2008 July 19, Deborah Ross, “Dystopian love STOR.E”, in The Spectator
Examples of interpunct in a sentence
- As is to be expected in every good inscription of the period, the interpunct is used regularly and systematically throughout to divide words from one another.1972, E. Otha Wingo, Latin punctuation in the classical age, Mouton, page 32:
- It’s just a shame that, at the end, it trips itself up with its own SENTIMENTALIT·E. (I don’t know about you, but I find that once I start interpuncting I just cannot stop.)2008 July 19, Deborah Ross, “Dystopian love STOR.E”, in The Spectator:
Synonyms of interpunct
Forms of interpunct
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | interpuncts |
| Verb | |
| third-person singular present | interpuncts |
| present participle | interpuncting |
| past participle | interpuncted |
| past | interpuncted |
Origin of interpunct
From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).
Questions about interpunct
- What does interpunct mean?
- Interpunct means the punctuation mark ⟨·⟩.
- How do you use interpunct in a sentence?
- As is to be expected in every good inscription of the period, the interpunct is used regularly and systematically throughout to divide words from one another.
- What part of speech is interpunct?
- Interpunct can be a noun or a verb.
- What is the plural of interpunct?
- The plural of interpunct is interpuncts.
Words near interpunct in the dictionary
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