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Agrimony

Definition: Agrimony

Agrimony

Noun

1. A plant of the genus Agrimony having spikelike clusters of small yellow flowers.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "agrimony" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Etymology: Agrimony \Ag"ri*mo*ny\, noun. [from Old English expression agremoyne, Old French aigremoine, from Latin expression agrimonia for argemonia, from the Greek]. (Websters 1913)

"Agrimony" is a common misspelling or typo for: acrimony.



Specialty Definitions: Agrimony

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Agrimony The older spelling was Argemony, and Pliny calls it argemonia, from the Greek argemos, a white speck on the eye, which this plant was supposed to cure. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Synonym: Agrimony

Synonym: agrimonia (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Agrimony

English words defined with "agrimony": agrimoniaEgremoin, Egrimonyfragrant agrimonyhemp agrimony, Holy ropeWater agrimony. (references)
Specialty definitions using "agrimony": Pantagruelion Herb. (references)
Etymologies containing "agrimony": Egremoin. (references)

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Usage Frequency: Agrimony

"Agrimony" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Agrimony" is used about 11 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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)100%11106,044

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Expressions: Agrimony

Expressions using "agrimony": fragrant agrimony hemp agrimony water agrimony. Additional references.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Agrimony

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

agrimony

18
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Modern Translations: Agrimony

Language Translations for "agrimony"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaan

  

akkermonie. (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

камшиче (hairline, loop). (various references)

   

Danish

  

almindelig agermaane (liverwort). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

agrimonie, gewone agrimonie (liverwort). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

maarianverijuuri (liverwort). (various references)

   

French

  

aigremoine eupatoire, eupatoire. (various references)

   

German

  

Gemeiner Odermennig (liverwort). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

φονόχορτον (liverwort), αγριμόνιον το ευπατόριον (liverwort). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

אב'ר. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

apró bojtorján. (various references)

   

Italian

  

agrimonia (liverwort). (various references)

   

Manx

  

lus ny buighey (field gentian). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agrimonyay

   

Portuguese

  

agrimônia. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

репейник (bur). (various references)

   

Scottish

  

meirean nam magh. (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

turika, petrovac. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

agrimonia (liverwort). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

småborre (liverwort), borre (burr). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

kasıkotu. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

реп'ях (burdock). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Agrimony

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Latin500 BCE-Modern

Agrimonia eupatoria. (various references)

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Rhyming with "Agrimony"

Words rhyming with "agrimony" (pronounced 'Ag"ri*mo*ny'): Acrimony, Acrophony, AEgophony, Agony, Agrotechny, Alimony, Alleghany, Amphictyony, Amphigony, Ancony, Anemony, Angelophany, Antagony, Anthropogeny, Antimony, Antiphony, Archegony, Astrogeny, Astrogony, Atony, Autochthony, Autophony, Averpenny, Balcony, Barony, Baryphony, Betony, Binny, Blenny, Branny, Brimstony, Briony, Bronchophony, Bryony, Cacophony, Cacotechny, Calumny, Cassidony, Castellany, Catchpenny, Ceremony, Chalcedony, Chapellany, Chatellany, Christophany, Colophany, Colophony, Conny, Coparceny, Cormogeny, Cormophylogeny, Cosmogony, Counter-compony, Crony, Crystallogeny, Cytogeny, Destiny, Diplostemony, Discompany, Disharmony, Dissentany, Dittany, Dunny, Egophony, Electrogeny, Embryogeny, Embryogony, Endogeny, Epiphany, Eugeny, Euphony, Felony, Fenny, Finny, Geminy, Geogony, Get-penny, Goldfinny, granny, Gyronny, Haemony, Hap'penny, hegemony, Hemicrany, Heterogeny, Heterogony, Heterophony, Hexagony, Histogeny, Hominy, homogeny, Homogony, homophony, Hymenogeny, Ideogeny, Incony, Ingeny, Inharmony, Isostemony, Johnny, larceny, Laryngophony, Lickpenny, litany, luny, mahogany, Mateotechny, matrimony, misogyny, Mnemotechny, Monembryony, Monogeny, monogyny, monotony, Morphogeny, Mullagatawny, Mulligatawny, Nanny, Ninny, Nonny, Nymphomany, Obdiplostemony, Odontogeny, Onomatechny, Orangetawny, Organogeny, Organy, Oriskany, Orthophony, Outzany, Oxyphony, Parsimony, Parthenogeny, Pathogeny, Patrimony, Patrociny, Peony, Philogyny, Photogeny, Photophony, Physiogeny, Physiogony, Pickaninny, Pickpenny, Pinchpenny, Pneumony, Polony, Polychoerany, Polyembryony, Polygony, Polygyny, Polyphony, Predestiny, Prestimony, Progeny, Prytany, Puisny, Pyrotechny, Querimony, Quiddany, Radiophony, Ranny, Raphany, Romany, sanctimony, Sanny, Satanophany, Saxony, scammony, Scranny, Scrapepenny, scrawny, shanny, simony, sixpenny, skinny, Sny, Sporogony, Stramony, Strany, Subitany, Subterrany, Surdiny, Swanny, Sweeny, symphony, synchrony, Syntony, Tautophony, tawny, Telegony, telephony, Teratogeny, tetany, Theogony, theophany, Third-penny, threepenny, Thunny, Thymiatechny, Tiffany, tinny, tiny, Tony, True-penny, tunny, Twelvepenny, twopenny, Tympany, Tyny, tyranny, uncanny, Vadimony, Vilany, Vinny, Zebrinny. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Agrimony

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-r-y"

-1 letter: roaming.

-2 letters: arming, grainy, margin, maying, morgan, oaring, onagri, orangy, origan, raying.

-3 letters: agony, amigo, amino, amnio, among, angry, anomy, argon, gamin, garni, giron, gonia, goyim, grain, grimy, groan, groin, gyron, imago, inarm, irony, mango, mangy, manor, mayor, mingy, minor, moira, moray, noria, orang, organ, rainy, rangy, rayon, roman, yogin.

-4 letters: agin, agio, agon, airn, airy, amin, amir, army, ayin, gain, gamy, girn, giro, gnar, gory, gram, gran, gray, grim, grin, gyri, gyro, inro, iron, magi, main, mair, mano, many, mayo, mina, miry, moan, mony, mora, morn, myna, naoi, nary, noir, noma, nori, norm, ogam, orgy, ragi, rain, rami, rang, rani, rimy, ring, roam, roan, yagi, yang, yarn, yoga, yogi, yoni.

-5 letters: ago, aim, ain, air, ami, ani, any, arm, gam, gan, gar, gay, gin, goa, gor, goy, gym, ion, mag, man, mar, may, mig, mir, moa, mog, mon, mor, nag, nam, nay, nim, nog, nom, nor, oar, ora, rag, ram, ran, ray, ria, rig, rim, rin, rom, rya, yam, yar, yin, yom, yon.

 Words containing the letters "a-g-i-m-n-o-r-y"
 

+2 letters: mineralogy.

 

+4 letters: gyromagnetic, lognormality, nonmigratory, transmogrify.

 

+5 letters: agronomically, ergonomically, hydromagnetic, syringomyelia.

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Alternative Orthography: Agrimony


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

41 67 72 69 6D 6F 6E 79

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)

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

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

01000001 01100111 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101111 01101110 01111001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#65 &#103 &#114 &#105 &#109 &#111 &#110 &#121

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0041 0067 0072 0069 006D 006F 006E 0079

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

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

3573847579818091

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Images: Slideshow
5. Usage Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Translations: Ancient
10. Rhymes
11. Anagrams
12. Orthography
13. Bibliography


  

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