sigil

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun

A seal, signature or signet.
An occult or magical sign, image or symbol.
A nonalphanumeric symbol affixed to a term (such as a variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

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sigil sigils

Borrowed from Latin sigillum (“little sign”). Doublet of seal and sigillum.

Hungarian notation

hypersigil sigillary sigillate sigillation sigillative sigilless sigillic sigillistic sigillography twigil

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