circumflex

/ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin circumflexus (“bent about”), calqued from Ancient Greek περισπώμενος (perispṓmenos, “drawn around”).

adj

Having a circumflex mark.“ê is e circumflex.”
Curving around.“The circumflex coronary artery”

noun

A diacritical mark (ˆ) placed over a vowel in the orthography or transliteration of many languages to change its pronunciation; while in some other languages over a consonant.

verb

To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.“to circumflex a syllable”
To arch.“A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard.”