n.
Pronunciation: ' ser- ə f
Function: noun
Etymology: probably from Dutch schreef stroke, line, from Middle Dutch, from schriven to write, from Latin scribere ― more at SCRIBE
Date: 1841
: any of the short lines stemming from and at an angle to the upper and lower ends of the strokes of a letter
– ser · ifed or ser · iffed \ - ə ft \ adjective
1 serif