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ob⋅e⋅lisk

[ob-uh-lisk]
–noun
1. a tapering, four-sided shaft of stone, usually monolithic and having a pyramidal apex.
2. something resembling such a shaft.
3. an obelus.
4. Printing. dagger (def. 2).

Origin:
1540–50; < L obeliscus < Gk obelískos small spit, equiv. to obel(ós) spit, pointed pillar + -iskos dim. suffix


ob⋅e⋅lis⋅cal, adjective
ob⋅e⋅lis⋅koid, adjective
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dag⋅ger

[dag-er]
–noun
1. a short, swordlike weapon with a pointed blade and a handle, used for stabbing.
2. Also called obelisk. Printing. a mark (†) used esp. for references.
–verb (used with object)
3. to stab with or as if with a dagger.
4. Printing. to mark with a dagger.
5. look daggers at, to look at angrily, threateningly, or with hate.

Origin:
1350–1400; ME, prob. alter. of OF dague, of obscure orig.; cf. dag 1
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ob·e·lisk   (ŏb'ə-lĭsk)   
n.  
  1. A tall, four-sided shaft of stone, usually tapered and monolithic, that rises to a pointed pyramidal top.

  2. Printing The dagger sign (†), used especially as a reference mark. Also called dagger, obelus.


[Latin obeliscus, from Greek obeliskos, diminutive of obelos, a spit, obelisk.]
ob'e·lis'cal (-lĭs'kəl) adj., ob'e·lis'koid' (-koid') adj.
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Word Origin & History

dagger 
1375, apparently from O.Fr. dague "dagger," from O.Prov. dague, of uncertain origin, perhaps from V.L. *daca "Dacian knife," from the Roman province in modern Romania. The ending is possibly the faintly pejorative -ard suffix. Attested earlier (1279) as a surname (Dagard, presumably "one who carried a dagger").

obelisk 
"rectangular stone column, tapering at the top," 1569, from M.Fr. obélisque, from L. obeliscus "obelisk, small spit," from Gk. obeliskos, dim. of obelos "a spit, pointed pillar, needle."
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