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virgules

virgules is the plural of virgule.

Meaning of virgule

Noun

virgule (plural virgules)

  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.1990, John McDermott, Punctuation for Now, page 20
    Synonyms:
    comma, caesura
  2. (dated) A slash, ⟨/⟩ or ⟨／⟩.
    1. (dated) Used to mark line breaks within quotes.
  3. (dated) A pipe, ⟨|⟩.
    1. (dated) Used to mark metrical feet.

Questions about virgules

What is virgules the plural of?
Virgules is the plural of virgule.

Words near virgules in the dictionary

  1. virgulariid
  2. virgulariids
  3. virgulas
  4. virgulate
  5. virgule
  6. virgules
  7. virguncule
  8. virguncules
  9. viri
  10. viri-
  11. virial

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