Definition of circumflex

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Circumflex (n.) A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.

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Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A character, or accent, denoting in Greek a rise and of the voice on the same long syllable, marked thus [~ or /]; and in Latin and some other languages, denoting a long and contracted syllable, marked [/ or ^]. See Accent, n., 2..
Circumflect :: Circumflect (v. t.) To mark with the circumflex accent, as a vowel..
Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Moving or turning round; circuitous.
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) The act of bending, or causing to assume a curved form..
Circumflex :: Circumflex (v. t.) To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.
Circumflexed :: Circumflexed (imp. & p. p.) of Circumfle.
Circumflection :: Circumflection (n.) See Circumflexion.
Properispomenon :: Properispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the penult.
Perispomenon :: Perispomenon (n.) A word which has the circumflex accent on the last syllable.
Circumflexing :: Circumflexing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Circumfle.
Circumflexion :: Circumflexion (n.) A winding about; a turning; a circuity; a fold.
Circumflex :: Circumflex (n.) A wave of the voice embracing both a rise and fall or a fall and a rise on the same a syllable.
Circumflex :: Circumflex (a.) Curved circularly; -- applied to several arteries of the hip and thigh, to arteries, veins, and a nerve of the shoulder, and to other parts..
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