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obelism

noun

Etymology

From obelus + -ism.

  1. derived from ὀβελοί
  2. derived from obeli
  3. derived from *gʷelH-✻ — “to pierce; to reach; to throw; to hit by throwing”
  4. derived from ὀβελός — “rod, spit; obelisk; critical mark”
  5. derived from ὀβελός — “critical mark”
  6. derived from obelus — “critical mark”
  7. inherited from obelus
  8. inherited from obelus
  9. formed as obelism — “obelus + -ism”

Definitions

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

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for obelism. 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