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diacritical (dy-uh-KRIT-i-kuhl) adjective 1. Distinctive; capable of distinguishing. 2. Serving as a diacritic (a mark, such as ^ or ~ or other accent marks, added to a letter to distinguish it from a similar letter, for example, to distinguish resume with résumé.) [From Greek diakritikos... Sign in to see full entry.