dinkus
English edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from German Ding (“thing”); compare also dingus § Etymology.
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Noun edit
dinkus (plural dinkuses)
- A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical.
- (typography) A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text.
- Coordinate term: asterism
- 2023 January 31, Elisabeth Ribbans, “The perils of using journalist jargon outside the newsroom”, in The Guardian[1]:
- More generally a dinkus is a small ornamentation, usually three asterisks, that break up sections of a book chapter, article or other written text.
Further reading edit
dinkus on Wikipedia.Wikipedia - Daisy Alioto (2018 June 8) “Ode to the Dinkus”, in Paris Review, retrieved 12 August 2019
