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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Fustian Words Isaac Taylor thinks this phrase means toper's words, and derives fustian from fuste, Old French for a cask, whence "fusty" (tasting of the cask). It may be so, but we have numerous phrases derived from materials of dress applied to speech, as velvet, satin, silken, etc. The mother of Artaxerxes said, "Those who address kings must use silken words." In French, "faire patte de velour " means to fatten with velvet words in order to seduce or win over. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-f-i-n-o-r-s-s-t-u-w" | |
-2 letters: downstairs, snowdrifts. | |
-3 letters: dinosaurs, durations, sandworts, snowdrift, sudations, windsurfs. | |
-4 letters: arsonist, astounds, auditors, diatrons, dinosaur, duration, faitours, fanworts, fustians, indrafts, intrados, outdrawn, outdraws, outfawns, outfinds, outwards, outwinds, rainouts, rotundas, sadirons, sandwort, santours, sarodist, sautoirs, snowsuit, sudation, sunwards, unitards, untoward, warisons, windsurf. | |
-5 letters: antifur, aorists, aristos, aroints, astound, auditor, aurists, diatron, disowns, diurons, durians, durions. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 55 53 54 49 41 4E      57 4F 52 44 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01010101 01010011 01010100 01001001 01000001 01001110 00100000 01010111 01001111 01010010 01000100 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F U S T I A N   W O R D S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0055 0053 0054 0049 0041 004E      0057 004F 0052 0044 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4055535443354825749523853 |
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