Definitions for exergues

exergues ex·ergue

Spelling: [ig-zurg, ek-surg, eg-zurg]
IPA: /ɪgˈzɜrg, ˈɛk sɜrg, ˈɛg zɜrg/

Exergues is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 15 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 17 points.

You can make 99 anagrams from letters in exergues (eeegrsux).

Definitions for exergues

noun

  1. the space below the device on a coin or medal, sometimes separated from the field by a line.

Origin of exergues

1690-1700; French, apparently Greek ex- ex-3 + érgon work

Examples for exergues

exergue: fugatis captis aut csis ad cowpens hostibus 17 Jan. 1781.

I think that a figure or head of Neptune upon the reverse, with the motto round the exergue, Tridens Neptuni sceptrum mundi.

The design was similar to the original, except that the exergue contained a picture of Kaffir arms instead of the date "1853."

exergue: fugatis captis aut csis ad cowpens hostibus 17 jan. 1781.

On the exergue: bostonium recuperatum, die 17 martii, mdcclxxvi.

In the exergue is a boy fishing, the rebus upon the name of the artist Gio Maria da Pescia.

On the exergue: hoste ad saratogam in deditionem accepto, die 17 octobris, mdcclxxvii.

Word Value for exergues
Scrable

15

Words with friends

17

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