virga

[ vur-guh ]

noun

, (used with a singular or plural verb)

1. streaks of water drops or ice particles falling out of a cloud and evaporating before reaching the ground ( praecipitatio ).

virga

/ ˈvɜːɡə /

noun

1. sometimes functioning as plural meteorol wisps of rain or snow, seen trailing from clouds, that evaporate before reaching the earth

virga

/ vûr′gə /

1. Light wisps of precipitation streaming from a cloud but evaporating before reaching the ground, especially when the air below is low in humidity.

Word History and Origins

Origin of virga¹

1935–40; < Latin: rod, streak

Word History and Origins

Origin of virga¹

C20: from Latin: streak

Example Sentences

Ego vir videns paupertatem meam in virga indignationis ejus.

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Now this cone and stem are carried in the Bacchic festivities, and can be readily recognised as virga cum ovo.

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Hence it follows that the quarter of an acre is a rood or yard or virga or virgata of land.

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In the Exchequer book an abbreviated form is used; but virga appears in i. 216 b.

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There are of course many instances in the charters of a pertica, virga, gyrd used as a measure of mere length.

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