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apostrophe(2)(dictionary)
apostrophe(dictionary)

apostrophe(1) (iou)



apostrophe noun1. M16.
[Latin from Greek apostrophe, from apostrephein turn away, formed as APO- + strephein to turn.]
Rhetoric. Sudden exclamatory address; an exclamatory passage addressed to a particular person (freq. absent or dead) or thing.