Associations to the word «Diacritic»

Wiktionary

DIACRITIC, adjective. Distinguishing
DIACRITIC, adjective. (orthography) (not comparable) Denoting a distinguishing mark applied to a letter or character.
DIACRITIC, noun. A special mark added to a letter to indicate a different pronunciation, stress, tone, or meaning.

Dictionary definition

DIACRITIC, noun. A mark added to a letter to indicate a special pronunciation.
DIACRITIC, adjective. Capable of distinguishing; "students having superior diacritic powers"; "the diacritic elements in culture"- S.F.Nadel.

Wise words

Life has no meaning unless one lives it with a will, at least to the limit of one's will. Virtue, good, evil are nothing but words, unless one takes them apart in order to build something with them; they do not win their true meaning until one knows how to apply them.
Paul Gauguin