inverted comma

noun

, British.

1. quotation mark.

inverted comma

noun

1. another term for quotation mark

Word History and Origins

Origin of inverted comma¹

First recorded in 1780–90

Example Sentences

An inverted comma placed over a letter denotes that the sound of our h precedes that letter.

From Literature

When writers, after an amount of demonstration which must have conveyed the impression that vital interests were at stake, have, at least in their own opinion, proved that I have omitted to dot an "i," cross a "t," or insert an inverted comma, they have really left the question precisely where it was.

From Project Gutenberg

Shaped like a massive inverted comma, the storm had a thick northern flank that covered all of Delaware, almost all of Maryland and the eastern half of Virginia.

From Washington Post

Quotations from the Old Testament are marked with a kind of inverted comma.

From Project Gutenberg

In this there is a little confusion.—If we divide the speeches into identical and related; and to the former put merely one inverted Comma at the beginning and another at the end; and to the latter inverted Commas before every line, the book will be better understood at the 1st glance.

From Project Gutenberg