virgule

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: vir=gule

CIDE DICTIONARY

virgule, n. [F. virgule, fr. L. virgula, dim. of virga. See Verge a rod.].

 A comma.  [1913 Webster]
"In the MSS. of Chaucer, the line is always broken by a cæsura in the middle, which is pointed by a virgule."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

virgule, n.
1 a slanting line used to mark division of words or lines.
2 = SOLIDUS 1.

Etymology

F, = comma, f. L virgula dimin. of virga rod

THESAURUS

virgule

band, bar, bend, bias, cross-hatching, dash, delineation, diagonal, dotted line, hachure, hairline, hatching, line, lineation, oblique, oblique angle, oblique figure, oblique line, rhomboid, score, scratch comma, separatrix, slant, slash, solidus, streak, streaking, striation, strip, stripe, striping, stroke, sublineation, transverse, underline, underlining, underscore, underscoring