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əadjective
1.
Grammar. (in certain inflected languages, as Latin) noting or pertaining to a case used to indicate that a noun refers to a person or thing being addressed.
2.
of, pertaining to, or used in calling, specifying, or addressing.
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Vocative
is always a great word to know.
So is circumflex. Does it mean:
| a circumflex mark or accent. |
| a dash one en long. |
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Word Origin & History
vocative
c.1440, "showing the person or thing spoken to," from M.Fr. vocatif (fem. vocative), from L. vocativus (casus) "(case of) calling," from vocatus, pp. of vocare "to call" (see voice). The L. is a translation of Gk. kletike ptosis, from kletikos "related to calling," from kletos "called."
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