Noun: virga
| Singular | virga |
| Plural | virgas; virgae |
Sample Sentences
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Strong gusts of wind buffeted the train, and ghostly virga of ice followed it through the night. [2003, Erik Larson, “Pilgrimage”, in The Devil in the White City, Vintage Books, page 78:]
Nouns inflected like virga
palestra,
sarisa,
samara,
schola,
Banff Springs physa,
exumbrella,
bildungsroman,
turritella,
Sir David's long-beaked echidna,
comatula,
nanoantenna,
retinula,
pyrexia,
mesoamygdala,
planetary nebula,
saxicava,
Bildungsroman,
billboard antenna,
structural formula,
babesia, etc. (List truncated at 20 nouns)
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin virga (“rod”). Doublet of verge. See: Latin Nouns '
virga'.