Word.ws English Dictionary

turned periods

turned periods is the plural of turned period.

Meaning of turned period

Noun

turned period (plural turned periods)

  1. (obsolete) Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
    • Emphasis is conveniently marked by the turned period before the whole word, thus to two [too ·too].1874, Alexander John Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation, volume 4, London: Asher & Co., Trübner & Co., page 1259
    Synonyms:
    interpunct

Questions about turned periods

What is turned periods the plural of?
Turned periods is the plural of turned period.

Words near turned periods in the dictionary

  1. turned out
  2. turned over
  3. turned over a new leaf
  4. turned pear-shaped
  5. turned period
  6. turned periods
  7. turned point
  8. turned points
  9. turned queen's evidence
  10. turned question mark
  11. turned question marks

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: turned periods (page history and authors); turned period (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “turned periods.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/turned_periods. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.