HODDYDODDY

  

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HODDYDODDY

Definition: HODDYDODDY

HODDYDODDY

Noun

1. An awkward or foolish person.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Hoddydoddy \Hod"dy*dod`dy\, noun. [Probably English also hoddypeke, hoddypoule, hoddymandoddy.]. (Websters 1913)


Rhyming with "HODDYDODDY"

Words rhyming with "HODDYDODDY" (pronounced 'Hod"dy*dod`dy'): Chickabiddy, foolhardy, Handyy-dandy, Hurdy-gurdy, landlady, Polypody, Rowdydowdy, Tomnoddy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: HODDYDODDY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-d-d-d-h-o-o-y-y"

-5 letters: hoody.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: HODDYDODDY


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

48 4F 44 44 59 44 4F 44 44 59

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

....    ---    -..    -..    -.--.    -..    ---    -..    -..    -.--.

Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001000 01001111 01000100 01000100 01011001 01000100 01001111 01000100 01000100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#72 &#79 &#68 &#68 &#89 &#68 &#79 &#68 &#68 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0048 004F 0044 0044 0059 0044 004F 0044 0044 0059

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

42493838593849383859

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Rhymes
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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