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Definition: Dostoyevsky |
DostoyevskyNoun1. Russian novelist who wrote of human suffering with humor and psychological insight (1821-1881). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonyms: DostoyevskySynonyms: Dostoevski (n), Dostoevsky (n), Feodor Dostoevski (n), Feodor Dostoevsky (n), Feodor Dostoyevsky (n), Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski (n), Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (n), Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (n), Fyodor Dostoevski (n), Fyodor Dostoevsky (n), Fyodor Dostoyevsky (n), Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevski (n), Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoevsky (n), Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky (n). (additional references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Henry, Look at me! Look! You can't see me or anyone as they are! I wanted Dostoyevsky! (Henry & June; writing credit: Philip Kaufman) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Dostoyevsky (1981) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Health | Famous people who are known or rumored to have had epilepsy include the Russian writer Dostoyevsky, the philosopher Socrates, the military general Napoleon, and the inventor of dynamite, Alfred Nobel, who established the Nobel prize. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Dostoyevsky" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Dostoyevsky" is used about 5 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 (proper) | 100% | 5 | 157,705 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Dostoyevsky": Feodor Dostoyevsky ♦ Feodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky ♦ Fyodor Dostoyevsky ♦ Fyodor Mikhailovich Dostoyevsky. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-k-o-o-s-s-t-v-y-y" | |
-4 letters: odyssey, skydove, stooked. | |
-5 letters: sooted, stoked, stokes, stooks, stoves, tossed. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 6F 73 74 6F 79 65 76 73 6B 79 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101111 01110011 01110100 01101111 01111001 01100101 01110110 01110011 01101011 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D o s t o y e v s k y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 006F 0073 0074 006F 0079 0065 0076 0073 006B 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3881858681917188857791 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Usage: Modern 4. Quotations: Non-fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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