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- noun Plural form of
dieresis .
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Examples
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Max has had three failed marriages with two gentile wives (Zoë, Chloë) and a Jewish one (Alÿs), the weakness for diereses making him, as Zoë points out, a Shmoë.
There's Offensive And There's Offensive British Export: A Truly Challenging, Perhaps Offensive Novel 2006
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I don’t know about you, but when the vowels are the same, I’m ducking diereses and following Times style by switching to hyphens.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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I don’t know about you, but when the vowels are the same, I’m ducking diereses and following Times style by switching to hyphens.
The Right Word in the Right Place at the Right Time William Safire 2004
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