interpunct

verb

1. To place points between clauses, words or some letters.

   transitive

   The three brass jetons (Nos. 5-7) are all of the early anonymous ‘orb/rose’ types minted between 1550 and 1585. They all bear meaningless legends interpuncted with rosettes and dots, signifying the initials of the jeton-master who produced them.

Where it comes from

From Latin interpunctus, from inter- (“between, mid-”) + punctus (“point”).

Adapted from the Wiktionary entry interpunct (CC BY-SA 4.0).

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