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exergues

exergues is the plural of exergue.

Meaning of exergue

Noun

exergue (plural exergues)

  1. 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

Questions about exergues

What is exergues the plural of?
Exergues is the plural of exergue.

Words near exergues in the dictionary

  1. exergonicities
  2. exergonicity
  3. exergonism
  4. exergual
  5. exergue
  6. exergues
  7. exergy
  8. exerkine
  9. exerkines
  10. exersize
  11. exersizing

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