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Virgula

//ˈvəɹɡjʊlə// noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    A small, thin, straight growth; The spines of a ray. obsolete
  2. 2
    A small, thin, straight growth; The sicula of a graptolite. obsolete
  3. 3
    A divining or dowsing rod. obsolete
  4. 4
    Any small rod. rare
  5. 5
    Synonym of virgule: a punctuation mark. rare

    "A Point with a Virgula, call'd a Semicolon."

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  1. 6
    Synonym of stem: the tail of a note. obsolete
  2. 7
    Synonym of virga: one of the neumes of medieval musical notation. historical, obsolete

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.

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