apostrophic
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Is apostrophic a Scrabble word?
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Definition
adj (English)
1. (rhetoric) Pertaining to the rhetoric use of, or using, apostrophe (sudden, exclamatory dialogue).Examples: "7 June 1820, Lord Byron, a letter to Mr. Murray written from Ravenna Mrs. Hemans is a poet also, but too stiltified and apostrophic, […]"; "The approach itself is apostrophic; or, if a more canonical term is required, it is phenomenological."rhetoric
2. (orthography) Pertaining to the grammatical use of, or using, the apostrophe (the diacritical mark ').Examples: "All we need to know is that, in Shakespeare’s time, an apostrophe indicated omitted letters, which meant Hamlet could say with supreme apostrophic confidence: “Fie on’t! O fie!”; […]"
Definition source: Wiktionary