Citations:asterisk
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English citations of asterisk
- (dated) A small star; also (by extension), something resembling or shaped like a star.
- The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.
- 1988, Umberto Eco, Foucault's Pendulum, page 331:
- These two brutes were named Annibale Cantalamessa and Pio Bo. Asterisk: Historical fact.
- 1998 February 16, John Heilpern, “Shopping and Fucking: Is that all there is?”, in The Observer[1], London: Guardian News & Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 2022-05-17:
- On the other hand, The New York Times favors the 'it doesn't exist' formula. It has prudishly renamed the play Shopping and … [Mark Ravenhill's play Shopping and Fucking (1996)] Everyone does it, no one will name it! The Times doesn’t even give it an asterisk or two. Three little dots must suffice. "How was it for you, my darling?" "That was the greatest three little dots I ever had in my life!"
- The star-shaped symbol *, which is used in printing and writing for various purposes, including to refer a reader to a note at the bottom of a page or in a margin, and to indicate the omission of letters or words; a star.