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Date: 1300-1400
Language: Late Latin
Origin: asteriscus, from Greek, 'little star', from aster; ASTEROID

asterisk

 noun
     
Related topics: Letters and punctuation
as‧te‧risk [countable]
SLA a mark like a star (*), used especially to show something interesting or important
—asterisk verb [transitive]
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