[mass noun]an ancient British and Irish alphabet, consisting of twenty characters formed by parallel strokes on either side of or across a continuous line 欧甘文(一种古英国和爱尔兰文字,由20个字母组成) ■[count noun]an inscription in this alphabet 欧甘文碑铭 ■[count noun]each of its characters 欧甘文字母
语源
early 18th cent.: from Irish ogam, connected with Ogma, the name of its mythical inventor