virgular

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/ˈvɜːɡjʊlə/

adjective

made up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system

OriginLatin virgula →
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Meanings

adjectivevirgular (comparative more virgular, superlative most virgular)

comparative more virgular · superlative most virgular

  1. made up of thin lines or strokes, usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system

    The increasing simplification traceable from the Egyptian epigraphic hieroglyphs to the Greek and Roman alphabets and the anticipation of modern stenography and telegraphic code in the cuneiform inscriptions (Semitic) and the virgular quinquecostate ogham writing (Celtic).

    1922 February 2, James Joyce, Ulysses, Paris: Shakespeare and Company […], →OCLC

Origin

  1. Latinvirgula
  2. Englishvirgular

From virgula + -ar and virgule + -ar, both from Latin virgula, diminutive of virga.

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APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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