asterisk

CEFRC1

/ˈæstəɹɪsk/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A star-shaped symbol used in writing or printing.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    To mark or replace (text, etc.) with an asterisk symbol (*; noun sense 1.1); to star.

Examples

  • The footnotes are marked with an asterisk.

  • They don't know how to use an asterisk.

At a glance

Sits at C1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
1

Also pronounced

  • /ˈæst(ə)ˌɹɪks/
  • /ˈastəɹɪsk/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.

  2. The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.

  3. Something resembling or shaped like an asterisk symbol.

More examples

In context

  • They came into the tournament highly ranked, but with a little bit of an asterisk as their last two wins had been unconvincing.

  • Add one Ray unto the common Luſtre; add not only to the Number but the Note of thy Generation; and prove not a Cloud but an Aſteriſk in thy Region.

  • He is in the right to put the Aſteriſks, not the VVords into the text; becauſe They do indeed give us [notice, that there is in Them] as much additional meaning, as there vvould be in thoſe vvords vvhich they ſo properly repreſent.

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Origin

noun

English asterisk The noun is derived from Middle English asterisk [and other forms], from Late Latin asteriscus (“asterisk; small star”), from Ancient Greek ἀστερῐ́σκος (asterĭ́skos, “asterisk; small star”), from ᾰ̓στήρ (ăstḗr, “celestial body (star, planet, and other lights in the sky such as meteors)”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eHs- (“to burn; to glow”)) + -ῐ́σκος (-ĭ́skos, diminutive suffix). Doublet of asteriscus and piecewise doublet of starrish. Noun sense 1.1.2 (“something which is of little importance or which is marginal”) refers to the use of an asterisk to denote a footnote or marginal note in a text; in other words, information that is not important enough to be in...