Unapostrophized

Part of speech: adjective

Definitions

1. Lacking an apostrophe mark in writing ; not directly addressed as an absent or imagined listener in a rhetorical speech
2. Left without the apostrophe punctuation mark ; not spoken to as though absent or imagined in a figure of speech
3. Not written with an apostrophe symbol ; never turned toward an absent person or thing in poetic address

Etymology: "Unapostrophized" is formed from "un-", a prefix meaning "not" or "reversed", attached to "apostrophized," the past participle of "apostrophize." The base verb traces back through Late Latin "apostrophare" and Greek "apostrophē," meaning a turning away, and the word "apostrophe" entered English as a term for the punctuation mark and for a rhetorical address to an absent person. Because "apostrophize" already meant to address someone directly as if they were present, or to mark a word with the punctuation sign, adding "un-" produces the sense of having had that treatment removed or never applied. The word is therefore a straightforward negated form, and its meaning follows directly from its parts.