dinkus noun2 •A small drawing or artwork used for decoration in a magazine or periodical. •A small ornament, usually a line of three asterisks (* * *), especially for the purpose of breaking up sections of a chapter, article, or other text.More generally a dinkus is a small ornamentation, usually three asterisks, that break up sections of a book chapter, article or other written text. — 2023 formsdinkuses