margent

English

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈmɑː(ɹ)d͡ʒənt/

Noun

margent (plural margents)

  1. (obsolete, poetic) margin; edge
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, Love's Labour's Lost, V.ii
      Nothing but this! Yes, as much love in rime
      As would be cramm'd up in a sheet of paper
      Writ o' both sides the leaf, margent and all,
      That he was fain to seal on Cupid's name.
    • 1597, William Shakespeare, The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, I.iii
      Examine every married lineament,
      And see how one another lends content
      And what obscured in this fair volume lies
      Find written in the margent of his eyes.
    • 1634, John Milton, Comus
      Sweet Echo, sweetest nymph, that liv'st unseen
      Within thy airy shell
      By slow Meander's margent green

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French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /maʁʒ/

Verb

margent

  1. third-person plural present indicative of marger
  2. third-person plural present subjunctive of marger

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