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virgula.

A small, thin, straight growth

7 characters3 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun/ˈvəːɡjʊlə/UK/ˈvəɹɡjʊlə/US
  1. A small, thin, straight growth The spines of a ray.

    obsolete
  2. A small, thin, straight growth The sicula of a graptolite.

    obsolete
  3. A divining or dowsing rod.

    obsolete
  4. Any small rod.

    rare
  5. Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark.

    rare
  6. Synonym of stem: the tail of a note.

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

    historical · obsolete
Where this word comes from

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.

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