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obelisms

obelisms is the plural of obelism.

Meaning of obelism

Noun

obelism (countable and uncountable, plural obelisms)

  1. (rare) The practice of annotating manuscripts with marks set in the margins.

Questions about obelisms

What is obelisms the plural of?
Obelisms is the plural of obelism.

Words near obelisms in the dictionary

  1. obelisking
  2. obelisklike
  3. obeliskoid
  4. obelisks
  5. obelism
  6. obelisms
  7. obelize
  8. obelized
  9. obelizes
  10. obelizing
  11. obelus

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Adapted from Wiktionary: obelisms (page history and authors); obelism (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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