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Word of the Day – Ogham

By September 6, 2022Word of the Day

Ogham (noun)

og-am

an alphabetic script used originally for inscriptions in an archaic form of Irish, from about the 5th to the 10th centuries.

1620–30; Irish; MIr ogum, ogom

Example sentences

“The scripts were written in a form of ogham and difficult to decipher.”

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