Definitions for ogham

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ogham og·ham

Spelling: [og-uh m, aw-guh m]

IPA: /ˈɒg əm, ˈɔ gəm/

Ogham is a 5 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 11 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 12 points.

You can make 53 anagrams from letters in ogham (aghmo).

Definitions for ogham

noun

1. an alphabetical script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.
2. any of the 20 characters of this script, each consisting of one or more strokes for consonants and of notches for vowels cut across or upon a central line on a stone or piece of wood.
3. an inscription employing this script.

Origin of ogham

1620-30; Irish; MIr ogum, ogom

Examples for ogham

The use of ogham was partially practised in the Christian period for sepultural purposes, being venerable and sacred from time.

The ogham alphabet was in use in Ireland in pre-Christian times, and many sepulchral inscriptions in it still remain.

These inscriptions are called in Ireland “ogham;” they are principally straight lines, grouped in different ways.

This was our ogham, which the Gauls had borrowed from us, as you will see by note, p. 420.

I raised his flag and monument, and I wrote his name in ogham Craobh.

Killarney is rich in ogham inscriptions, in curious old remains and relics (utilized hitherto by mason and builder).

The writing was in ogham, but at that time even boys could read ogham.

Certain lines of the character known as ogham may also be discerned upon the sides or edges of this hoary monolith.

This is called the ogham alphabet which has had a very strange and curious history.

Whether the ogham was a native alphabet or a derivative from another, it was at first employed only to a limited extent.