Apostrophic

a·pos·tro·phe ¹  (-pstr-f)

n.

The superscript sign ( ' ) used to indicate the omission of a letter or letters from a word, the possessive case, or the plurals of numbers, letters, and abbreviations.

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[French, from Late Latin apostrophus, from Greek apostrophos, from apostrephein, to turn away : apo-, apo- + strephein, to turn; see streb(h)- in Indo-European roots.]

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apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

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a·pos·tro·phe ²  (-pstr-f)

n.

The direct address of an absent or imaginary person or of a personified abstraction, especially as a digression in the course of a speech or composition.

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[Late Latin apostroph, from Greek, from apostrephein, to turn away; see apostrophe¹.]

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apos·trophic (p-strfk) adj.

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Adj.

1.

apostrophic - of or characteristic of apostrophe; "a passage of apostrophic grandeur"