interrogation point
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of interrogation point
First recorded in 1590–1600
Example Sentences
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The interrogation point is used in botany to indicate doubt.
From The Elements of Botany For Beginners and For Schools by Gray, Asa
In the extreme north is the peak of Kini Balu, the height of which is set down at 13,698 feet, with an interrogation point after it.
From Four Young Explorers or, Sight-Seeing in the Tropics by Shute, A. B.
The North Pole is the Geographical interrogation point of the Earth.
From This Giddy Globe by Herford, Oliver
It was a nose that reminded the boy of an interrogation point.
From Frank Merriwell's Bravery by Standish, Burt L.
Why is his mind one vast interrogation point?
From Men, Women, and Gods And Other Lectures by Gardener, Helen H. (Helen Hamilton)
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