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obelus (iou)



obelus noun. . LME.
[Latin = spit, critical obelus from Greek obelos: see OBELISK.]
A straight horizontal stroke (-), sometimes with a dot above and below (), used in ancient manuscripts to mark a word, passage, etc., esp. as spurious. Also, a dagger-shaped reference mark () used in printed matter as a reference to a footnote etc., and in some dictionaries to denote obsoleteness. Also called obelisk.