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Webster 1913 Edition

Diacritical

{

Diˊa-crit′ic

,

Diˊa-crit′ic-al

, }
Adj.
[Gr. [GREEK], fr. [GREEK] to separate, distinguish;
διά
through + [GREEK] to separate. See
Critic
.]
That separates or distinguishes; – applied to points or marks used to distinguish letters of similar form, or different sounds of the same letter, as, ā, ă, ä, ō, ŏ, etc.
“Diacritical points.”
Sir W. Jones.
A glance at this typography will reveal great difficulties, which
diacritical
marks necessarily throw in the way of both printer and writer.
A. J. Ellis.

Webster 1828 Edition

Diacritical

DIACRITICAL

,
Adj.
[Gr., to separate.] That separates or distinguishes; distinctive; as a diacritical point or mark.
The short vowel is never signified by any diacritical mark.

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