Virga Definition

vûrgə
noun
Long streamers or wispy streaks of water or ice particles falling from the base of a cloud but evaporating completely before reaching the ground.
Webster's New World

(music, uncountable) A type of note used in plainsong notation, having a tail.

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Other Word Forms of Virga

Noun

Singular:
virga
Plural:
virgae

Origin of Virga

  • From Latin virga (“rod").

    From Wiktionary

  • Latin twig, virga

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

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