exergue
/ɪkˈsəːɡ
/ /ɛkˈsəːɡ / /ˈɛksəːɡ /noun
A small space or inscription below the principal emblem on a coin or medal, usually on the reverse side.
Origin
Late 17th century: from French, from medieval Latin exergum, from ex- 'out' + Greek ergon 'work' (probably as a rendering of French hors d'oeuvre 'something lying outside the work').
Rhymes
- demonstrative adverb
- demonstrative determiner
- demonstrative legacy
- demonstratively
- demonstrativeness
- demonstrative pronoun
- demonstrative root
- demonstrative syllogism
- demonstrator
- demonstratorship
- demonstratory
- de Montespan, Marquise
- de Montfort, Simon
- demonym
- demonymic
- demophile
- demophilism
- demoralise
- demoralised
- demoralization
- demoralize
- demoralized
- demoralizer
- demoralizing
- demoralizingly