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diacritical

[dahy-uh-krit-i-kuh l]
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adjective

serving to distinguish; distinctive.
capable of distinguishing.
Phonetics. serving as a diacritic.

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RELATED WORDS

discriminating, marking

Nearby words

  1. diaclasis,
  2. diaconal,
  3. diaconate,
  4. diaconicon,
  5. diacritic,
  6. diactinic,
  7. diad,
  8. diadelphous,
  9. diadem,
  10. diadem spider

Origin of diacritical

First recorded in 1740–50; diacritic + -al1
Related formsdi·a·crit·i·cal·ly, adverb
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British Dictionary definitions for diacritical

diacritical

adjective

of or relating to a diacritic
showing up a distinction
Derived Formsdiacritically, adverb
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