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inverted comma

noun

Etymology

From the appearance of an inverted comma. In lead type, an opening quote is not a separate casting. It is the result of rotating a comma 180°, inverting the comma. It is used singly or as double quotes. Similarly, the closing quotation mark is the apostrophe. Also used singly or as double quotes.

Definitions

  1. A type of paired quotation mark

    A type of paired quotation mark: ‘ or “ (beginning the quoted material) and ’ or ” (ending it).

    • The paſſage quoted in the text is at the latter part of the following letter, and is put between inverted commas.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for inverted comma. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA