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Definition of Diereses
1. dieresis [n] - See also: dieresis
Lexicographical Neighbors of Diereses
Literary usage of Diereses
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Suggestions to medical writers by George Milbry Gould (1900)
"Abolish all diereses and accents. They cannot teach pronunciation, and they are
useless luggage. Let us write oophorectomy, cooperation, ..."
2. Borderland Studies: Miscellaneous Addresses and Essays Pertaining to by George Milbry Gould (1896)
"Abolish all diereses and accents. They cannot teach pronunciation, and they are
useless luggage. Let us write oophorectomy; cooperation, ..."
3. Dictionary of Hard Words by Robert Morris Pierce (1910)
"... diereses] dai'ezi- sis, dai'i:-zi-sis; (improperly) dai-a'zii-sis. dies n.
(day) 'dai-iz. diesis я. semitone, etc. ; double dagger [also spelt diesis ..."
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