PUNCTUATE, PUNCTUATION
NOUNS
► APOSTROPHUS an apostrophe → 1598 obs.
► ASTONISHER an exclamation point → 1888 Amer. journalists’ sl.
► CROOKS in printing: brackets, parentheses, [ ] → 1641 obs.
► GASPER in typography, an exclamation mark → 2003 UK sl.
► HALF-MEMBER a semicolon → 1762 obs.
► MAIDENHEADS parentheses → 19C Can. printers’ sl.
► NOTE OF ADMIRATION an exclamation point (!) → 1611
► QUES the question mark (?) character on a computer keyboard → 1991 US sl.
► SUBDISTINCTION a comma or semicolon → 1636 obs.
► TITTLE the dot over the letter ‘i’; a punctuation mark; a diacritic point over a letter; any one of the Hebrew and Arabic vowel-points and accents; also, a pip on dice → 1538
► VERGE an accent-mark → 1555 obs.
VERBS
► BECOMMA to sprinkle with commas → 1881
► PRICK to insert the points or stops in a document; to punctuate → 1637 obs.
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