From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishcircumflexcir‧cum‧flex /ˈsɜːkəmfleks $ ˈsɜːr-/ noun [countable] SLAa mark placed above a letter in various languages such as French, for example ô
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circumflex• Slavic cheekbones caught the gentle light; one eyebrow was incomplete but the other was angled like a circumflex.Origin circumflex (1500-1600) Latin past participle of circumflectere “to bend around”, from circum- (CIRCUM-) + flectere “to bend” 