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Diesis

noun
(pl. dieses)
1.
A character used in printing to indicate a cross reference or footnote.  Synonyms: double dagger, double obelisk.





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... the Barbier and Guillaume Tell, and some performances of Moise, belonged to the past. They still went to see Otello at the Theatre-Italien, but that was to hear Tamberlick's C diesis. Rossini was under so little illusion that he tried to oppose the effort to have Semiramide put into the repertoire at the Opera. And, nevertheless, the Parisian ...
— Musical Memories • Camille Saint-Saens


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