stylus
noun /ˈstaɪləs/
/ˈstaɪləs/
(plural styluses, styli
/ˈstaɪlaɪ/
/ˈstaɪlaɪ/
)- a device on a record player that looks like a small needle and is placed on the record in order to play it
- (computing) a special pen used to write text or draw an image on a special computer screen
Word Originearly 18th cent. (as a modern Latin term in botany): erroneous spelling of Latin stilus.