Crossword-Solution: OBELUS
Dictionary
| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Obelus | n. | A mark [thus /, or Ö ]; -- so called as resembling a needle. In old MSS. or editions of the classics, it marks suspected passages or readings. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| OBELUS | anagram | BLOUSE, BOULES, SOBULE |
We have 13 clues for the answer “OBELUS”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Critical mark. | 1 answer |
| Dagger, in printing | 1 answer |
| Dagger-shaped editing mark | 1 answer |
| Manuscript symbol | 1 answer |
| Name for the ÷ sign | 1 answer |
| Reference mark, as a dagger. | 1 answer |
| mark used to indicate spurious words or passages | 1 answer |
| Printer's dagger | 2 answers |
| Reference mark | 4 answers |
| Obelisk | 8 answers |
| dagger printer | 10 answers |
| Or | 27 answers |
| Dagger | 32 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EARET
Hint 3 another clue
greedy person
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Sentences with OBELUS (5)
But such was not the usage of Budaeus; he employed the obelus merely to call attention to something that interested him.
Thus at the end of the first letter of Book III we find a doubly pointed obelus opposite an interesting passage, the text of which shows no variants or editorial questionings.
The simple obelus apparently denotes interest, the pointed obelus great interest, the doubly pointed obelus intense interest, and the pointing finger of a carefully drawn hand burning interest.
The purpose of the doubly pointed obelus is plainly indicated here, as it accompanies two of these catchwords.
After the example of Origen, Paul introduced into his version _asterisks_ and _obeli_; the asterisk (*) to indicate insertions made in the text on the authority of manuscripts and other versions; the obelus (÷), to mark passages of doubtful character.
Where this answer appears
Appears in: Chronicle, NYT, WSJ.
Used 8 times in crossword archives (1946–2019).