dinkus

English

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Etymology

Possibly from German Ding (“thing”); compare also dingus § Etymology.

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Noun

dinkus (plural dinkuses)

  1. A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical.
  2. (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:
      More generally a dinkus is a small ornamentation, usually three asterisks, that break up sections of a book chapter, article or other written text.

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