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Definition: EXERGUE |
EXERGUENoun1. The small space beneath the base line of a subject engraved on a coin or medal. It usually contains the date, place, engraver's name, etc., or other subsidiary matter. |
Etymology: Exergue \Ex*ergue"\, noun. [French expression, from the Greek expression out work; literally, out work, i. e., accessory work. See Work.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: EXERGUE |
| Non-English Usage: "EXERGUE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (epigraph, exergue, inscription). |
| Language | Translations for "EXERGUE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | exergue. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | exergueay exercer influência (exert oneself). (various references) exergo. (various references) madeni paranın alt tarafındaki yazı. (various references) напис (inscription, superscription, writing). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "EXERGUE": exergues. (additional references) | |
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"EXERGUE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exegi, exergie, exigua. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-e-e-g-r-u-x" | |
-3 letters: eger, gree, grue, urge. | |
-4 letters: ere, erg, gee, ree, reg, rex, rue, rug. | |
-5 letters: er, ex, re, xu. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-e-e-g-r-u-x" | |
+1 letter: exergues. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 58 45 52 47 55 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references). -..- . .-. --. ..- . |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01011000 01000101 01010010 01000111 01010101 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E X E R G U E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0058 0045 0052 0047 0055 0045 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39583952415539 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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