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virgule

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Scrabble points
11
Words With Friends
15
Letters
7
Pronunciation
/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/ (UK)
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/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/ (UK) · /ˈvɝ.ɡjul/ (US)

Definition of virgule

5 senses · 1 part of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (historical, obsolete)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.”
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noun

  1. (historical, obsolete)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. (dated)A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
  3. (dated)A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
  4. (dated)A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
  5. (dated)A pipe, ⟨|⟩.

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Etymology

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

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