Noun: circumpunct
| Singular | circumpunct |
| Plural | circumpuncts |
Sample Sentences
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Its antiquity being surpassed only by its profundity, the circumpunct's exceeding simplicity has caused it to be the beneficiary of myriad interpretations - some quite recondite and others – to channel Albert Pike - so laughable that they actually warrant applause. [2013, Anthony Mongelli, Jr., The Craftsman's Symbology, page 27:]
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Blandon chuckled to himself as he thought about how few people would know this resembled the circumpunct, a symbol with important meaning for ancient Egyptian religion, Eastern philosophy and the Kabbalah. [2013, Dan T. Alighieri, Dan's Inferno: A Parody:]
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In the next scene, you see a person spring from the third circumpunct, as we are the third and final aspect of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit. [2014, Scott Beringer, Target Aquarius, page 17:]
Nouns inflected like circumpunct
soldier's woundwort,
Nicosian,
whopper,
greypate,
tactile sign language,
chronotrope,
Rosie Lee,
dissentient,
photoinactivator,
sulphonediimine,
coastal waterfall,
residuary devise,
bituminization,
nitrosonaphthol,
smṛiti,
geosphere,
backscreen,
mensuralist,
flocculate,
flocculant, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
From Latin circum (“around”) + Latin pūnctum (“point”). See: Latin Nouns '
circum', Latin Nouns '
pūnctum'.