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virgal

virgal adjective: made of twigs or rods.

Adjective

virgal

  1. (obsolete, possibly, rare) Made 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
    • 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 of virgal

From Latin virgālis or virga + -al.

Questions about virgal

What does virgal mean?
Virgal means made of twigs or rods.
What part of speech is virgal?
Virgal is an adjective.

Words near virgal in the dictionary

  1. vireton
  2. viretons
  3. Virg.
  4. virga
  5. virgae
  6. virgal
  7. virgalieu
  8. virgalieus
  9. virgas
  10. virgate
  11. virgated

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