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virgule

vir·gule

UK/ˈvɜː.ɡjuːl/ US/ˈvɝ.ɡjul/ uncommon dated obsolete

noun

Origin

Borrowed from Middle French virgule, from Latin virgula (“twig; scratch comma”), from virga (“rod, branch”) + -ulus (diminutive suffix). Doublet of virgula.

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