conge

See also: congé and cöngə

English

Etymology 1

From French conge, from Latin congius. Only attested in English in the obsolete plural form congys.

Noun

conge (plural conges)

1. (historical, obsolete) Alternative form of congy, congius, ancient Roman units of liquid measure and mass.

Etymology 2

Accentless form of congé.

Noun

conge (plural conges)

1. (architecture) Alternative form of congé: an apophyge or cavetto.
2. Alternative form of congee: a leavetaking, a farewell.

Verb

conge (third-person singular simple present conges, present participle congeing, simple past and past participle conged)

1. Synonym of congee: to take leave, to bid farewell, in various senses; to bow, to curtsey, etc.
   • 1724, Ned Ward, “The Merry Travellers: or, a Trip upon Ten-Toes from Moorfields to Bromley”, in The Wandring Spy: or, the Merry Observator‎^[1], London: A. Bettesworth, published 1729, page 44:

     So giving to the Houſe content,
     We Conge'd, and away we went.

References

• "† conge, n.¹", "congee | congé, n.²", & "congee | congé, v." in the Oxford English Dictionary, 1891.
• "CONGE", "To CO′NGE", & "CO′NGE" in Samuel Johnson's Dictionary of the English Language.
• “conge”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Gonce, cogen, Genco, gonce, genco

French

Etymology

From Latin congius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃ʒ/

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Noun

conge m (plural conges)

1. congius

Further reading

• “conge”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012