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EXERGUE

Definition: EXERGUE

EXERGUE

Noun

1. 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.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

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).

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Modern Translations: EXERGUE

Language Translations for "EXERGUE"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

French

  

exergue. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

exergueay

   

Portuguese

  

exercer influência (exert oneself). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

exergo. (various references)

   

Turkish

  

madeni paranın alt tarafındaki yazı. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

напис (inscription, superscription, writing). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: EXERGUE

Derivations

Words beginning with "EXERGUE": exergues. (additional references)


Misspellings

"EXERGUE" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: exegi, exergie, exigua. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Anagrams: EXERGUE

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: EXERGUE


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

45 58 45 52 47 55 45

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

.    -..-    .    .-.    --.    ..-    .

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000101 01011000 01000101 01010010 01000111 01010101 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#88 &#69 &#82 &#71 &#85 &#69

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)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

39583952415539

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Derivations
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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