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Word of the day
for October 15
diaeresis n
  1. (linguistics, prosody)
    1. A separation of one syllable (especially a vowel which is a diphthong, that is, beginning with one sound and ending with another) into two distinct syllables; distraction.
      2. (orthography) The diacritical mark consisting of two dots (¨) placed over a letter (especially the second of two consecutive vowels) to indicate that it is sounded separately, usually as a distinct syllable.
    2. An occurrence of separate vowel sounds in adjacent syllables without an intervening consonant; a hiatus.
  2. (figurative, rare) A division, a separation.
  3. (prosody) A natural break in rhythm when a word ends at the end of a metrical foot in a line of verse.
  4. (surgery, archaic) An act of separating body parts or tissues which are normally together.

The American lexicographer Noah Webster was born on October 16, 1758. To mark this day, which is celebrated by some as National Dictionary Day in the United States, we are featuring a series of language-related words.

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