descender

[dih-sen-der]

de·scend·er

[dih-sen-der]
noun
1.
a person or thing that descends.
2.
Printing.
a.
the part of a lowercase letter that goes below the body.
b.
a letter having such a part, as p, q, j, or y.

Origin:
1660–70; descend + -er1
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Descender is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a chattering or flighty, light-headed person.
a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question.
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descender (dɪˈsɛndə)
 
n
1.  a person or thing that descends
2.  printing the portion of a letter, such as j, p, or y, below the level of the base of an x or n

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descender definition

text
A lowercase letter that extends below the base line, such as "g", "j", or "p". Also used to denote the part of the letter extending below the base line. Compare ascender.
(1998-03-27)

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