Sigil

Pronunciation

• enPR: sÄ­jÄ­l, IPA: /'sɪdʒɪl/
• enPR: sÄ­jÉ™l, IPA: /'sɪdÊ’É™l/

Origin

From Latin sigillum.

Full definition of sigil

Noun

1. A seal, signature or signet.
2. A sign, image or symbol considered to be magical.
3. (programming) A nonalphanumeric character affixed to a symbol (e.g. variable) to indicate a property such as type or scope.

Derived terms

• sigillary
• sigillate
• sigillation
• sigillative
• sigillistic
• sigillography
• sigillum
• twigil