APOSTROPHIC


Meaning of APOSTROPHIC in English

I. |apə|sträfik also |aˌpä|- or |aˌpȯ|- or -ōfik adjective

Etymology: apostrophe (I) + -ic

: of or characteristic of apostrophe

a passage of apostrophic grandeur

an apostrophic manner of writing

also : given to the use of apostrophe

an apostrophic writer

II. adjective

Etymology: apostrophe (II) + -ic

: associated with or including the mark called an apostrophe

the apostrophic possessive ending

: being an apostrophe

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.