caret

[ kar-it ]

/ ˈkær ɪt /

a mark (‸) made in written or printed matter to show the place where something is to be inserted.

Origin of caret

1700–10; < Latin caret (there) is lacking or wanting, 3rd person singular present indicative of carēre to be without

carat caret carrot karat

careline, caren, carer, caress, caressive, caret, caretaker, carew, careworn, carex, carey

Transcriber's Note: The caret (^) has been used to mark subscript in the text version.

Washington and the American Republic, Vol. 3. |Benson J. Lossing
What right has a man with a pate that looks like a caret, to shplit my head into a hundred pieces?

The Little Clay Cart |(Attributed To) King Shudraka
The above examples illustrate the use of the caret with the omission of a letter, a word or phrase.

Plain English |Marian Wharton
Here is a little tale that has not “caret”-ed its “vates”; “sacer” is another point.

The Works of Robert Louis Stevenson - Swanston Edition Vol. 25 (of 25) |Robert Louis Stevenson

The last is one of five stanzas, with music "set by Mr. Caret:"

All About Coffee |William H. Ukers

caret

/ (ˈkærɪt) /

a symbol (‸) used to indicate the place in written or printed matter at which something is to be inserted

C17: from Latin, literally: there is missing, from carēre to lack