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margents

margents is the plural of margent.

Meaning of margent

Noun

margent (plural margents)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) margin; edge
    • Nothing but this! Yes, as much love in rime
      As would be cramm'd up in a sheet of paper
      Writ o' both sides the leaf, margent and all,
      That he was fain to seal on Cupid's name.c. 1595–1596 (date written), William Shakespeare, “Loues Labour’s Lost”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward]...

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Questions about margents

What is margents the plural of?
Margents is the plural of margent.

Words near margents in the dictionary

  1. margeline
  2. Margen
  3. margent
  4. margented
  5. margenting
  6. margents
  7. Margerison
  8. Margerum
  9. Margerums
  10. Margery
  11. marges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: margents (page history and authors); margent (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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