exergue
/ɪɡˈzɜː(ɹ)ɡ/
exergue noun: a space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
Noun
exergue (plural exergues)
- A space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
- In farther eviction of what has been advanced, relative to the initial letters in the exergues of certain Sidonian coins; it may not be improper to observe, that a medal in my small collection exhibits the letter Hheth, immediately after the numerical inscription in the exergue.1765, Philosophical Transactions, page 138
- In childhood I must have felt with the energy of a man what I now find stamped upon memory in lines as vivid, as deep, and as durable as the exergues of the Carthaginian medals.1839, Edgar Allan Poe, William Wilson
Forms of exergue
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Origin of exergue
Borrowed from French exergue.
Words formed from exergue
Questions about exergue
- What does exergue mean?
- Exergue means a space beneath the main design on a coin or medal for the insertion of the date or other minor inscription.
- What part of speech is exergue?
- Exergue is a noun.
- How do you pronounce exergue?
- Exergue is pronounced /ɪɡˈzɜː(ɹ)ɡ/.
- What is the plural of exergue?
- The plural of exergue is exergues.
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