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Words, grammatical forms and meanings linked to the ontology.
inverted caret en · NOUN
Meanings
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A caret (^) that has been inverted.
Learners employing the vowels must not use either the inverted caret v (a) or the dot, (e or i) except as vowels.
1823, George Jackson, Two New and Efficient Systems of Stenography, page 28:
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(informal) A háček.
Bohemian, as we call it, or Cesky, as they write it (with another inverted caret over the C).
1896, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen’s Magazine, XXI, page 288:
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