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virgule

noun
/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/UK/ˈvɝ.ɡjul/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.

  1. derived from virgula
  2. borrowed from virgule

Definitions

  1. A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch…

    A medieval punctuation mark similar to the slash ⟨/⟩ or pipe ⟨|⟩ and used as a scratch comma and caesura mark.

    • Other Chaucerian manuscripts had the virgule (or virgil or oblique: /) at the middle of lines.

  2. A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.

  3. A pipe, ⟨|⟩.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for virgule. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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