• Marge

    Pronunciation

    • Rhymes: -ɑː(r)dÊ’

    Origin 1

    From French marge, from Latin margo, of origin.

    Full definition of marge

    Noun

    marge

    (plural marges)
    1. 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.

    Noun

    marge (uncountable)
    1. (colloquial, UK, NZ) margarine.

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