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

Anagrams

• garment

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (v) /maʁ.ʒɑ̃/

Verb

margent

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

Anagrams

• germant