Long s

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Wayside cross near Hohenfurch, Germany, erected 1953, showing the long s in Roman typeface

The long, medial, or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s, which was formerly used if s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word ("ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "ſucceſsful/ſucceſſful" for "successful"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.

单词	Long ess
释义	Long ess 英语百科 Long s The long, medial, or descending s (ſ) is a form of the minuscule letter s, which was formerly used if s occurred in the middle or at the beginning of a word ("ſinfulneſs" for "sinfulness" and "ſucceſsful/ſucceſſful" for "successful"). The modern letterform was called the terminal, round, or short s.
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Long ess

Long s