Emily Dickinson Lexicon
Definition for SEM'I-CO-LON
SEM'I-CIR-CLED, or SEM-I-CIR'CU-LARSEM'I-COL-UMN
SEM'I-CO-LON, n. [semi and colon.]
In grammar and punctuation, the point [;] the mark of a pause to be observed in reading or speaking, of less duration than the colon, double the duration of the comma, or half the duration of the period. It is used to distinguish the conjunct members of a sentence. Encyc.
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