apostrophic

Variant of apostrophe

apostrophe definition

apos·tro·phe (ə päs′trə fē)

noun

words addressed to a person or thing, whether absent or present, generally in an exclamatory digression in a speech or literary writing

Etymology: L < Gr apostrophē, a turning away from the audience to address one person < apostrephein < apo-, from + strephein, to turn: see strophe

Related Forms:

  • apostrophic ap′·os·troph′ic (ap′ə sträf′ik) adjective

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