virgal

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adjective

Made of twigs or rods.

OriginLatin virgālis →
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Meanings

adjective
  1. obsoletepossiblyrareMade of twigs or rods.

    [...] lift the virgal rod, / That hangman you so narrowly escaped!

    1732, Henry Fielding, The Complete Works of Henry Fielding, page 115
    1 more example

    The terrible "Croquemitaine" and his frightful spouse flourish their virgal sceptres to the terror of insubordinate juveniles - French juveniles be it understood; young America would laugh "Croquemitaine" and all his following to scorn.

    1882, George Augustus Sala, America Revisited: From the Bay of New York to the Gulf of Mexico, and from Lake Michigan to the Pacific, page 37

Origin

  1. Latinvirgālis
  2. Englishvirgal

From Latin virgālis or virga + -al.

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APA

virgal. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgal

MLA

“virgal.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgal. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “virgal,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/virgal.

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