Definitions
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- adjective made up of thin
lines orstrokes , usually with reference to an alphabet or writing system
Etymologies
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From Latin virgula, a diminutive of virga ‘rod’.
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Examples
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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).
Ulysses 2003
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(Semitic) and the virgular quinquecostate ogham writing (Celtic).
Ulysses James Joyce 1911
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