OE

n.

1 definition — Webster’s Dictionary (1828)


n.

a diphthong, employed in the Latin language, and thence in the English language, as the representative of the Greek diphthong oe. In many words in common use, e alone stands instead of oe. Classicists prefer to write the diphthong oe separate in Latin words.


← ODYSSEY O — all words OECOID →