Marge
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -É‘Ë(r)dÊ’
Origin 1
From French marge, from Latin margo, of origin.
Full definition of marge
Noun
marge
(plural marges)- Border; margin; edge; verge.
- 1610, , by William Shakespeare, act 4 scene 1... And thy sea-marge, sterile and rocky-hard,Where thou thyself dost air ...
- 1874, James Thomson (B.V.), the long curved crestWhich swells out two leagues from the river marge.
- 1907, Robert W. Service, Chapter , Till I came to the marge of Lake Lebarge, and a derelict there lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice it was called the "Alice May".
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at my frozen chum;
Then "Here", said I, with a sudden cry, "is my cre-ma-tor-eum."
Origin 2
Shortened from the word margarine.