turned period

English

Noun

turned period (plural turned periods)

  1. (typography, obsolete) Synonym of interpunct ⟨·⟩.
    • 1874, Alexander John Ellis, On Early English Pronunciation‎[1], volume 4, London: Asher & Co., Trübner & Co., page 1259:
      Emphasis is conveniently marked by the turned period before the whole word, thus to two [too ·too].
    • 1879, Henry Sweet, F. T. Elworthy, Skeat, Specimens of English Dialects: I. Devonshire and Exmoor Scolding and Courtship, II. Westmoreland. A Bran New Wark‎[2], London: Trübner, page 111:
      The turned period after a vowel, as oo·, indicates length and position of accent ; after a consonant it indicates shortness of the vowel in the accented syllable, as vadh·ŭr = vădhʹŭr.
    • 1919, H. W. Fowler F. G. Fowler, The concise Oxford dictionary of current English‎[3], Clarendon Press, page xii:
      Accent is marked by the turned period (·), which is normally placed after the accented vowel or diphthong (a·ctor, allow·, a·ccent noun, acce·nt verb, exaggera·tion, exa·ggerator); [...].
    • 1933, James A. H. Murray, Henry Bradley, W. A. Craigie, C. T. Onions, The Oxford English Dictionary‎[4], volume 1 A-B, Oxford: Clarendon Press, page xxxiv:
      The main Stress or Syllabic Accent is indicated by a ‘turned period’ (·) after the vowel, whether long or short (not after the consonant at the end of the syllable) ; [...].
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