asterisk

• asterisc

From Late Latin asteriscus, from Ancient Greek ἀστερίσκος (asterískos, “a little star, asterisk, used in manuscripts to mark passages”), diminutive of ἀστήρ (astḗr, “a star”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈæstəɹɪsk/

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asterisk (plural asterisks)

1. The symbol *.
2. Something in the shape of or resembling the asterisk symbol.
3. (sports, US) A blemish in an otherwise outstanding achievement.

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

Typography

asterisk (third-person singular simple present asterisks, present participle asterisking, simple past and past participle asterisked)

1. (transitive) To mark or replace with an asterisk symbol (*).

• aster
• asterism
• asteroid

• asterisk in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• asterisk in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

• sarkiest, skaiters

asterisk c (singular definite asterisken, plural indefinite asterisker)

1. asterisk

asterisk c

1. asterisk