On Mon, Apr 1, 2024 at 1:26 PM HenHanna via Python-list < python-list@python.org> wrote:
> Johanne Fairchild wrote: > > > HenHanna <henha...@devnull.tb> writes: > > >> https://xkcd.com/1306/ > >> what does SIGIL mean? > > > A glyph used in magic. Or, for Perl, the symbol in front of a variable > > name, such as $, @, and %. > > > Source: https://perldoc.perl.org/perlglossary#sigil > > > Sigil is noun. Definitions: > > > A seal; a signet. > > A sign or an image considered magical. > > A seal; a signature. > > > Source: The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English > Language, 5th Edition. > > > > > > omg... Sigil is a real word??? > > > The word "sigil" comes from the Latin term "sigillum," which means "little > sign." This Latin root is also the source of our English word "seal," > making "sigil" and "seal" doublets. > > https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sigil > > > I understand "sigil" as referring to symbols occultists make up and use to aid in their magick. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
