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virgils

virgils is the plural of virgil.

Meaning of virgil

Noun

virgil (plural virgils)

  1. (UK, archaic) Synonym of slash ⟨/⟩.
    • There be five manner of points and divisions most used among cunning men; the which if they be well used, make the sentence very light and easy to be understood, both to the reader and hearer: and they be these, virgil,—come,—parenthesis,—plain point,—interrogative... it is a slender stroke leaning...1824, J. Johnson, Typographia
    Synonyms:
    slash

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Questions about virgils

What is virgils the plural of?
Virgils is the plural of virgil.

Words near virgils in the dictionary

  1. virgil
  2. Virgilian
  3. Virgilianism
  4. Virgilism
  5. virgilite
  6. virgils
  7. virgin
  8. virgin birth
  9. virgin births
  10. Virgin Caesar
  11. Virgin Caesars

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