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Definition: Agrimony |
AgrimonyNoun1. 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. |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
Synonym: AgrimonySynonym: agrimonia (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Agrimony |
| English words defined with "agrimony": agrimonia ♦ Egremoin, Egrimony ♦ fragrant agrimony ♦ hemp agrimony, Holy rope ♦ Water agrimony. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "agrimony": Pantagruelion Herb. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "agrimony": Egremoin. (references) |
| "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 Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "agrimony": fragrant agrimony ♦ hemp agrimony ♦ water agrimony. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| 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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
agrimony | 18 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| 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 agrimônia. (various references) репейник (bur). (various references) meirean nam magh. (various references) turika, petrovac. (various references) agrimonia (liverwort). (various references) småborre (liverwort), borre (burr). (various references) kasıkotu. (various references) реп'ях (burdock). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Agrimonia eupatoria. (various references) |
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| 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) |
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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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 67 72 69 6D 6F 6E 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- --. .-. .. -- --- -. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01100111 01110010 01101001 01101101 01101111 01101110 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A g r i m o n y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0067 0072 0069 006D 006F 006E 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3573847579818091 |
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