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virgula

noun
/ˈvəːɡjʊlə/UK/ˈvəɹɡjʊlə/US

Etymology

From Latin virgula (“twig; wand; scratch comma”), from virga (“branch; rod”) + -ulus (“-ule: forming diminutives”). As a dowsing rod, via virgula divina or divinatoria. Doublet of virgule.

  1. derived from virgula

Definitions

  1. A small, thin, straight growth

  2. A divining or dowsing rod.

  3. Any small rod.

  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. Synonym of virgule

      Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.

      • A Point with a Virgula, call'd a Semicolon.
      • The full stop or, instead, a virgula, i.e. a short slanting strike (/) is used... to mark the end of a sentence or of a portion of a sentence followed by a pause.

    2. Synonym of stem

      Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.

    3. Synonym of virga

      Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA