Obelus (noun)
o-bel-ai
A symbol (†) used as a reference mark in printed matter, or to indicate that a person is deceased. / A mark (– or ÷) used in ancient manuscripts to mark a word or passage as spurious, corrupt or doubtful.
Late Middle English via Latin from Greek obelos ‘pointed pillar’, also ‘critical mark’.
Example sentences
“The obelus in the text indicated he was long dead.”
Tripartite (adj) triy-part-iyt Divided into or consisting of three parts. Agreed by three parties. 1375–1425; late Middle English < Latin tripartītus divided into three parts, equivalent to tri- tri- +…
