pilcrow

[ pil-kroh ]

noun

1. the character ¶, used in editing and printing to indicate the beginning of a new paragraph; paragraph mark.

Word History and Origins

Origin of pilcrow¹

1400–50; apparently alteration (perhaps conformed to crow ¹ ) of late Middle English pylcraft ( e ), perhaps < Old French paragrafe, pelagraphe paragraph

Example Sentences

Stone jotted down a pilcrow next to the line and began again.

From Los Angeles Times

He eventually gave his name to a “sexually precocious schoolboy” in the 2008 novel Pilcrow.

From The Guardian

But while National Punctuation Day, Sept. 24, may be an occasion to pour one out for the pilcrow, that’s not the case for the period.

From Time

The pilcrow: The character that looks like a fancy backward capital P is called the pilcrow; it's used to mark the break between paragraphs.

From Los Angeles Times

Another is to make your own punctuation cocktails, offered during London Design Week this year: The Type Ice Tea, Ampersand Fizz and Pilcrow Fashioned.

From Los Angeles Times