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Meaning of punctus interrogativus | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
/ˌpʌŋktəs ɪntəɹɒɡəˈtiːvəs/

Definitions

A medieval question mark, ⟨⹔⟩, possibly the ancestor of the modern mark ⟨?⟩.

Examples

“punctus percontativus A reversed, but not inverted punctus interrogativus […] used in the 16th and 17th centuries to indicate the end of a percontatio.”
“[…]manuscript punctuation has a punctus elevatus after the interjections and a punctus interrogativus at the end of the sentence.”
“[…]although none of these happend to have occasion to use the punctus interrogativus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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