circumflex UK /ˈsɜː.kəmˌflɛks/US /ˈsɝ.kəmˌflɛks/adjective 2verb 2noun 1forms 3 adjective2 •Having a circumflex mark.ê is e circumflex. •Curving around. verb2 •To mark or pronounce with a circumflex.those words […]circumflexed on the last syllabe — 1791 •(no longer used) To arch.A venerable old man sitting in a chaire, with a severe aspect, wrinkled forehead, circumflex't eie-browes, great white curled beard. — 1687 noun1 •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. formscircumflexed · circumflexing · circumflexes
