What does virgal mean?
Virgal means (rare, possibly obsolete) Made of twigs or rods..
Looking up this word…
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Checking saved dictionary data and trusted language sources. This will stop automatically if a source does not respond.
Pronunciation varies by accent · adjective
(rare, possibly obsolete) Made of twigs or rods..
[...] lift the virgal rod, / That hangman you so narrowly escaped!
The terrible "Croquemitaine" and his frightful spouse flourish their virgal sceptres to the terror of insubordinate juveniles - French juveniles be it understood; young America would laugh "Croquemitaine" and all his following to scorn.
Use virgal when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.
Virgal means (rare, possibly obsolete) Made of twigs or rods..
The closest synonym depends on the sentence and intended sense.
The opposite depends on the specific sense.
[...] lift the virgal rod, / That hangman you so narrowly escaped!
FreeDictionaryAPI.com / Wiktionary · Original source · CC BY-SA 4.0
Dictionary data is provided by FreeDictionaryAPI.com and sourced from Wiktionary under its stated license.