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coronis en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /kɒˈɹəʊnɪs/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• kŏrōʹnĭs (Received-Pronunciation)
• /kəˈɹoʊ.nɪs/ (General-American)

Etymology

From the Latin corōnis, from the Ancient Greek κορωνίς (korōnís, “crasis coronis”, “editorial coronis”); cognate with the French coronis.

Meanings

1. A device, curved stroke, or flourish formed with a pen, coming at the end of a book or chapter; a colophon. For example: ⸎, ۞.
2. (figuratively, obsolete, rare) The conclusion of something; the end of something.
   • The coronis of this matter is thus ; some bad ones in this family were punish’d strictly, all rebuk’d, not all amended. 1592–1670: Bishop John Hacket, Scrinia reserata: a Memorial offer’d to the great Deservings of John Williams, D.D., Archbishop of York, volume 2, page 38
3. (Ancient-Greek) A character similar to an apostrophe or the smooth breathing written atop or next to a non–word-initial vowel retained from the second word which formed a contraction resulting from crasis; see the usage note.

Forms

Relateds

vignette · colophon

wikipedia: Oxford English Dictionary