Dyed-in-the-wool

  

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Dyed-in-the-wool

Definition: Dyed-in-the-wool

Dyed-in-the-wool

Adjective

1. Dyed before being spun or woven into cloth.

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


Synonym: Dyed-in-the-wool

Synonym: yarn-dyed (adj). (additional references)

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Usage Frequency: Dyed-in-the-wool

"Dyed-in-the-wool" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 81.25% of the time. "Dyed-in-the-wool" is used about 16 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
Adjective (general or positive)81.25%1397,576
Noun (proper)12.5%2245,945
Noun (singular)6.25%1339,140
                    Total100.00%16N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dyed-in-the-wool

Language Translations for "dyed-in-the-wool"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Japanese Kanji 

  

筋金入り (hardcore, staunch). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

すじがねいり (hardcore, staunch). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

yed-in-the-woolday

   

Russian 

  

абсолютный (absolute, positive, stark, teetotal, total, unconditioned, unmitigated, utter). (various references)

   

Thai

  

"ื้อรั้น (dogged, rebel, stiff-necked, stubborn). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

ngoan cố (bullet-headed, froward, opinionated, pertaincious, recalcitrant, tenacious, unadvisable). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: Dyed-in-the-wool

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-d-e-e-h-i-l-n-o-o-t-w-y"

-5 letters: deletion, dentiled, dewooled, entoiled, hiddenly, hoidened, holytide, honeydew, hoydened, whitened, wontedly, woodenly.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Usage Frequency
4. Translations: Modern
5. Anagrams
6. Bibliography


  

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