Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for CIR'CUM-FLEX
CIR'CUM-FLEX, n. [L. circumflexus; circum, round, and flecto, to bend.]
In grammar, an accent serving to note or distinguish a syllable of an intermediate sound between acute and grave; marked in Greek thus ˆ . It is a kind of undulation in the voice, but not used in English.
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