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Definition: Argosy |
ArgosyNoun1. One or more large merchant ships. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "argosy" was first used: 1577. (references) |
Note: Argosy \Ar"go*sy\, noun; plural Argosies. [Earlier ragusy, from ragusa meaning originally vessel of Ragusa.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Argosy A merchant ship. A corruption of "ragusea." Ships of the largest size were built at Ragusa in Dalmatia and Venice. "He hath an argosy bound to Tripolis, another to the Indies ... a third to Mexico, a fourth to England." - Shakespeare: Merchant of Venice , i. 3. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Ship | Catamaran, hydroplane, hovercraft,coracle, gondola, carvel, caravel; felucca, caique, canoe, birch bark canoe, dugout canoe; galley, galleyfoist; bilander, dogger, hooker, howker; argosy, carack; galliass, galleon; polacca, polacre, tartane, junk, lorcha, praam, proa, prahu, saick, sampan, xebec, dhow; dahabeah; nuggah; kayak, keel boat, log canoe, pirogue; |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Argosy |
| English words defined with "argosy": Argosies. (references) |
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| Author | Quotation |
Sir Walter Scott | A rusty nail placed near a faithful compass, will sway it from the truth, and wreck the argosy. |
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| "Argosy" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Argosy" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Noun (proper) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Country | Name |
| USA | Argosy Education Group, Inc. |
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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "argosy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | anije e madhe tregtare, anije (bark, craft, keel, prow, ship, shipboard, vessel, water-craft). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | سفينة تجارية (merchant ship), أسطول تجاري (merchant navy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | флотилия от търговски кораби, голям търговски кораб. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | galion de commerce. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | צי סוחר (merchant navy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | hajó (boat, burden of a ship, composite ship, craft, dingy, keel, man, men, pram, prow, ship, ship not under command, stem, surface ship, vessel, water house), flotta (fleet, naval, navy). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | galeone (galleon). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | lhong hraghtee vooar. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | argosyay navio (coalburner, keel, ship, vessel, water-craft), carraca. (various references) vas (bowl, jar, receptacle, ship, vessel), navã încãrcatã cu mãrfuri. (various references) корабль (bulge ship, coal-burner, keel, nave, prow, ship, surfboat, vessel, watercraft). (various references) veliki trgovački brod. (various references) carraca (rattle), buque mercantil (merchant ship, merchant vessel). (various references) เรือขนา"ใหญ่ (โ"ยเฉพาะสำหรับขนส่งสินค้า). (various references) ticaret gemisi (merchantman, merchantship, trader). (various references) корабель (boat, prow, ship, wagon), велике торговельне судно. (various references) thơ t u buôn lớn. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Italian | 900-Modern | Ragusea. (various references) |
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Misspellings | |
"Argosy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agrose, argasid, Argory, Argosys, Arnowsky, hargazy, Ogrosky, ragose. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "argosy" (pronounced Ä"rgusē) |
| 4 | -g u s ē | legacy, surrogacy. |
| 3 | -u s ē | accuracy, adequacy, advocacy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, candidacy, celibacy, confederacy, conspiracy, courtesy, degeneracy, delicacy, democracy, diplomacy, ecstasy, embassy, fallacy, fantasy, Geodesy, heresy, hypocrisy, idiocy, illegitimacy, illiteracy, immediacy, inaccuracy, inadequacy, intimacy, intricacy, jealousy, legitimacy, leprosy, literacy, lunacy, meritocracy, obstinacy, Odyssey, papacy, pharmacy, piracy, pleurisy, policy, primacy, privacy, prophecy, secrecy, supremacy, theocracy. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-o-r-s-y" | |
-1 letter: gorsy, grays, gyros, yogas. | |
-2 letters: gars, gays, goas, gory, goys, gray, gyro, oars, orgy, osar, rags, rays, rosy, ryas, sago, sagy, soar, sora, soya, yoga. | |
-3 letters: ago, ars, ays, gar, gas, gay, goa, gor, gos, goy, oar, ora, ors, rag, ras, ray, rya, sag, say, soy, yar. | |
-4 letters: ag, ar, as, ay, go, or. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-o-r-s-y" | |
+2 letters: glossary, grayouts, gyrators, gyrostat, voyagers. | |
+3 letters: astrology, autogyros, gargoyles, gossamery, gustatory, gyrations, gyrostats, hydragogs, kymograms, myographs, nongreasy, playgoers, signatory, spirogyra, surrogacy, voyageurs, zymograms. | |
+4 letters: androgynes, bodyguards, cryptogams, gastronomy, glycosuria, graciously, gynandrous, gyrfalcons, gyroplanes, kymographs, polygraphs, sonography, spirogyras, typographs, xylographs. | |
+5 letters: absorbingly, agamospermy, androgynies, androgynous, cosignatory, cosmography, cryptograms, dangerously, designatory, discography, garrulously, gastrectomy, gastroscopy, geostrategy, glamorously, glycosurias, grandiosely, grandiosity, granophyres, gustatorily, gyrocompass, hydrogenase, hygrographs, hypogastric, karyogamies, karyologies, lymphograms, overstaying, oxygenators, phraseology, playgrounds, psychograph, pyrogallols, scenography, stenography, stylography, subcategory, throughways, vagariously, yarboroughs. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 72 67 6F 73 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-. --. --- ... -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110010 01100111 01101111 01110011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A r g o s y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0072 0067 006F 0073 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358473818591 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Familiar | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Company Usage 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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