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Noun
sigil (plural sigils)
- A seal, signature or signet.
- An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
- (programming) A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.
Pronunciation
- enPR: sĭjĭl, IPA: /ˈsɪd͡ʒɪl/
- enPR: sĭjəl, IPA: /ˈsɪd͡ʒəl/
- Audio (Southern England): 🔊
- Hyphenation: sigil
- Rhymes: -ɪdʒɪl, -ɪdʒəl
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