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Definition: ABSINTHIUM |
ABSINTHIUMNoun1. The common wormwood (Artemisia absinthium), an intensely bitter plant, used as a tonic and for making the oil of wormwood. |
Etymology: Absinthium \Ab*sin"thi*um\, noun. [Latin expression, from the Greek]. (references) |
"ABSINTHIUM" is a common misspelling or typo for: absinthial, absinthian. |
Crosswords: ABSINTHIUM |
| English words defined with "ABSINTHIUM": Absinthin ♦ Sal absinthii. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "ABSINTHIUM" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. Latin (absinth, containing wormwood, infusion, tincture of wormwood, wormwood). |
| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Absinthium vulgare. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "ABSINTHIUM" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "ABSINTHIUM" is used about 2 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% | 2 | 245,945 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "ABSINTHIUM": A absinthium ♦ Artemisia Absinthium. 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 |
artemisia absinthium | 24 |
artemesia absinthium | 3 |
absinthium | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 4 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Usteron mentoi pikroteron colhV eurhseiV kai hkonhmenon mallon macairaV distomou |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Novissima autem illius amara quasi absinthium et acuta quasi gladius biceps |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Forsothe the laste of hir bitter as wormod, and the tunge of hir sharp as a twei bitende swerd. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But her end is bitter as wormwood, sharp as a two-edged sword. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword; |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 5, Verse 4 |
| Cebuano | Apan sa katapusan siya mapait ingon sa panyawan, Mahait ingon sa usa ka espada nga duhay sulab. |
| Croatian | ali je ona naposljetku gorka kao pelin, oštra kao dvosjekli maè. |
| Danish | men til sidst er hun besk som Malurt, hvas som tveægget Sværd; |
| Dutch | Maar het laatste van haar is bitter als alsem, scherp als een tweesnijdend zwaard. |
| Finnish | Mutta lopulta hän on karvas kuin koiruoho, terävä kuin kaksiteräinen miekka. |
| French | Mais la fin elle est amère comme l`absinthe, Aiguë comme un glaive deux tranchants. |
| German | aber hernach bitter wie Wermut und scharf wie ein zweischneidiges Schwert. |
| Hungarian | De annak vége keserû, mint az üröm, éles, mint a kétélû tõr. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | tetapi apabila semuanya telah berlalu, yang tertinggal hanyalah kepahitan dan penderitaan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi akhirnya pahit seperti empedu dan tajam seperti pedang jembiah; |
| Maori | He kawa rawa hoki tona mutunga i te taru kawa; he koi, ano he hoari matarua. |
| Norwegian | men til sist er hun besk som malurt, hvass som et tveegget sverd. |
| Portuguese | mas o seu fim é amargoso como o absinto, agudo como a espada de dois gumes. |
| Rumanian | dar la urmq este amarq ca pelinul, ascuyitq ca o sabie cu douq tqiwuri. |
| Russian | ОП ПУМЕ"УФЧЙС ПФ ОЕЕ ЗПТШЛЙ, ЛБЛ ПМЩОШ, ПУФТЩ, ЛБЛ НЕЮ П'ПА"ППУФТЩК; |
| Spanish | pero su fin es amargo como el ajenjo, agudo como una espada de dos filos. |
| Swedish | Men på sistone bliver hon bitter såsom malört och skarp såsom ett tveeggat svärd. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Words rhyming with "ABSINTHIUM" (pronounced 'Ab*sin"thi*um'): Abandum, Acetabulum, Aconitum, Acrodactylum, Acropodium, Acrotarsium, Acroterium, Actinium, Addendum, Adiantum, Adytum, AEcidium, Agendum, Ageratum, Alabastrum, Alarum, Album, Alburnum, Alcyonium, Allium, Allodium, Alluvium, Aluminium, Aluminum, Ambulacrum, Amentum, Ammonium, Amoebaeum, Amomum, Amphibium, Anacardium, Androecium, Animalculum, Antependium, Antheridium, Anthodium, Antibrachium, Anticlinorium, Antrum, Apodyterium, Apothecium, Aquarium, Arachnidium, Arboretum, Arcanum, Archegonium, Archipterygium, Argentalium, arum, Ascidiarium. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-b-h-i-i-m-n-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: histamin, humanist, inhabits, isthmian, thiamins. | |
-3 letters: absinth, animist, bismuth, bushman, habitus, inhabit, intimas, manitus, minibus, minutia, numbats, santimi, stibium, sunbath, tahinis, thiamin, tsunami. | |
-4 letters: ambits, ambush, animis, animus, autism, banish, bimahs, binits, busman, habits, haunts, hiatus, humans, iambus, intima, isatin, isthmi, manitu, mantis, matins, minish, nimbus, nubias, numbat, saimin, shanti, simian, submit, tabuns. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 42 53 49 4E 54 48 49 55 4D |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- -... ... .. -. - .... .. ..- -- |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01000010 01010011 01001001 01001110 01010100 01001000 01001001 01010101 01001101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A B S I N T H I U M |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0042 0053 0049 004E 0054 0048 0049 0055 004D |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)35365343485442435547 |
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