obelize

verb

1. To mark (a written or printed passage) with an obelus; to judge as spurious or doubtful.

   All modern classicists like to display due caution before coming to a conclusion and will reluctantly obelise any words in a manuscript that resist obvious emendation before deciding that on balance one version is better than another.

Where it comes from

From Hellenic Ancient Greek ὀβελίζειν (obelízein), from ὀβελός (obelós, “obelus”).

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

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