diacritic
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First, there is that silent "h" — but it ends flatly, without the diacritic that would make it rise, as if it were a question.
From Salon ● Nov. 14, 2021
We make use of lots of different types of punctuation, casing, font styles, and diacritic marks.
From Slate ● Sep. 30, 2016
This script, with its diacritic marks, was scientifically evolved at the beginning of the nineteenth century.
From The Birth of Yugoslavia, Volume 1 by Henry Baerlein
The broad lower end of the symbol is rather an accidental pit in the stone than an attempt at a diacritic mark—the word is regei, in all probability the early dative form of rex, "king."
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 4 "Bulgaria" to "Calgary" by Various
Students should observe especially the curious diacritic point by which he designates the Nom. pendens.
From A Plain Introduction to the Criticism of the New Testament, Vol. II. by Frederick Henry Ambrose Scrivener
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