virgula

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virgula

/ˈvəːɡjʊlə/ UK
/ˈvəɹɡjʊlə/ US

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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.

noun virgulas · virgulae

obsolete The spines of a ray.
obsolete The sicula of a graptolite.
obsolete A divining or dowsing rod.
rare Any small rod.
rare Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark. A Point with a Virgula, call'd a Semicolon.
obsolete Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.
historical, obsolete Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation.

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