horologe

• POS: Noun
• HYPHEN: hor=o=loge

CIDE DICTIONARY

horologe, n. [OE. horologe, orloge, timepiece, OF. horloge, orloge, oriloge, F. horloge, L. horologium, fr. Gr. ; hour + to say, tell. See Hour, and Logic.].

•  A servant who called out the hours.  [1913 Webster]
•  An instrument indicating the time of day; a timepiece of any kind; a watch, clock, or dial.  Shak.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

horologe, n. archaic a timepiece.

Etymology

ME f. OF orloge f. L horologium f. Gk horologion f. hora time + -logos -telling

ROGET THESAURUS

horologe

Chronometry

N chronometry, horometry, horology, date, epoch, style, era, almanac, calendar, ephemeris, register, registry, chronicle, annals, journal, diary, chronogram, clock, wall clock, pendulum clock, grandfather's clock, cuckoo clock, alarm clock, clock radio, watch, wristwatch, pocket watch, stopwatch, Swiss watch, atomic clock, digital clock, analog clock, quartz watch, water clock, chronometer, chronoscope, chronograph, repeater, timekeeper, timepiece, dial, sundial, gnomon, horologe, pendulum, hourglass, clepsydra, ghurry, chronographer, chronologer, chronologist, timekeeper, annalist, calendar year, leap year, Julian calendar, Gregorian calendar, Chinese calendar, Jewish calendar, perpetual calendar, Farmer's almanac, fiscal year, chronological, chronometrical, chronogrammatical, cinquecento, quattrocento, trecento, o'clock.