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apostrophic

  • a word derived from apostrophe.
    apostrophe
    noun
    the sign ('), as used: to indicate the omission of one or more letters in a word, whether unpronounced, as in o'er for over, or pronounced, as in gov't for government; to indicate the possessive case, as in man's; or to indicate plurals of abbreviations and symbols, as in several M.D.'s, 3's.

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Worlds away from its apostrophic weighting in “WE’RE up all night for good FUN.”

From Slate ● Mar. 28, 2014

These divertissements were laid to the man's natural peculiarities, those peculiarities which lead him to make apostrophic speeches while he plays a sonata in concert.

From Time Magazine Archive

All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”

From "Eats, Shoots & Leaves" by Author

As she uttered these apostrophic appeals, she sprang forward, holding the snake far outstretched—as if to give it the opportunity of striking the now terrified man.

From Osceola the Seminole The Red Fawn of the Flower Land by Mayne Reid

"When the apostrophic s is used, the genitive is the former of the two substantives; as, 'John's house:' but when the particle of is used, it is the latter; as, 'The house of John.'"

From The Grammar of English Grammars by Goold Brown