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ASTERISK (from Gr. oo-repicreos, a little star)
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ASTERISK (from Gr. oo-repicreos, a little star), the sign* used in typography. The word is also used in its literal meaning in old writers, and as a descriptioh of an ornamental form (star-shaped) in one of the utensils in the Greek Church.