obelus

[ob-uh-luhs]

ob·e·lus

[ob-uh-luhs]
noun, plural ob·e·li [-lahy] .
a mark (− or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to point out spurious, corrupt, doubtful, or superfluous words or passages.

Origin:
1350–1400; Middle English < Late Latin < Greek obelós spit, pointed pillar
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Obelus is always a great word to know.
So is interrobang. Does it mean:
a screen or mat covered with a dark material for shielding a camera lens from excess light or glare.
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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obelus (ˈɒbɪləs)
 
n , pl -li
1.  a mark (— or ÷) used in editions of ancient documents to indicate spurious words or passages
2.  another name for dagger
 
[C14: via Late Latin from Greek obelos spit]

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