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"AGNES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "chaste", "a lamb". |
Date "AGNES" was first used: 1160. (references) |
"AGNES" is a common misspelling or typo for: ages. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Agnes She is an Agnes (elle fait l'Agnès) - i.e., she is a sort of female "Verdant Green," who is so unsophisticated that she does not even know what love means. It is a character in Molière's L'école des Femmes. Agnes (St.) is represented by Domenichino as kneeling on a pile of fagots, the fire extinguished, and the executioner about to slay her with the sword. The introduction of a lamb (agnus) is a modern innovation, and play on the name. St. Agnes is the patron of young virgins. "St. Agnes was first tied to a stake, but the fire of the stakes went out; whereupon Aspasius, set to watch the martyrdom, drew his sword, and cut off her head." Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Crosswords: AGNES |
| Specialty definitions using "AGNES": Symbols of Saints ♦ Wrath's Hole. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Sister Mary Agnes was right. (Caroline in the City; writing credit: Angela Carneiro) Thanks again, Agnes. (Moonlighting; writing credit: Eric Blakeney) Veronica, Millicent, Agnes, and Jane. (Mary Poppins; writing credit: P.L. Travers; Bill Walsh) Agnes, It's Billy! (Black Christmas; writing credit: Roy Moore) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Eve of Aunt Agnes (1974) Agnes psihes (1960) The Death of Agnes (1925) Agnes Kempler's Sacrifice (1915) Abschied von Agnes (1994) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | [Mary Agnes Snively]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | [Margaret Hogan and Agnes Reinders]. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
![]() | Then I kissed Mrs. Agnes Quine ... Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | So far as we are concerned, Agnes, the discussion is irrelevant : it is a place ... Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Jesse L. Lasky gresents [sic] George Melford's production The sheik with Agnes Ayres and Rudolph Valentino / Henry Clne(?). Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Agnes de Mille, choreographer of Ballet Theatre's hit "Rodeo" makes a guest appearance in the central role of the Cowgirl / Maurice Seymour, Chicago. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Agnes. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Agnes and Volunteer. Credit: Library of Congress. |
![]() | Portrait group of Mrs. Frances (Folsom) Cleveland and the ladies of the Cabinet: Olive Harmon, Jane P. Francis, M.J. Carlisle, Agnes P. Olney, Nannie H. Wilson, Juliet K. Lamont, and Leila Herbert. Credit: Library of Congress. | ![]() | Mrs. Agnes Powell, sweeping porch of her prefabricated house at Hazlehurst Farms Inc., Hazlehurst, Georgia. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Agnes Repplier | The American may not be a materialist but he has certainly hallowed commercialism, and made of it both a romantic and a moral adventure. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Tangled Tale | Carroll, Lewis | |
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| "AGNES" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.67% of the time. "AGNES" is used about 902 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) | 99.67% | 899 | 7,952 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.33% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 902 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "AGNES" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Agnes | First name Female | 98,000 | 217 |
| Agnes | Last name | 200 | 30,837 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "AGNES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "chaste", "a lamb". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "AGNES." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Agnes | Female | Dutch | N/A |
| Aggie | Female | English | Agnes |
| Agnes | Female | English | N/A |
| Annis | Female | English | Agnes |
| Anson | Male | English | Agnes |
| Aune | Female | Finnish | Agnes |
| Agnès | Female | French | Agnes |
| Agnes | Female | German | N/A |
| Agnethe | Female | German | Agnes |
| Ágnes | Female | Hungarian | Agnes |
| Aignéis | Female | Irish | Agnes |
| Agnese | Female | Italian | Agnes |
| Agnese | Female | Latvian | Agnes |
| Agnieszka | Female | Polish | Agnes |
| Inês | Female | Portuguese | Agnes |
| Agnessa | Female | Russian | Agnes |
| Agnes | Female | Scandinavian | N/A |
| Senga | Female | Scottish | Agnes |
| Neza | Female | Slovene | Agnes |
| Inés | Female | Spanish | Agnes |
| Inez | Female | Spanish | Agnes |
| Agneta | Female | Swedish | Agnes |
| Nesta | Female | Welsh | Agnes |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "AGNES": Agnes De Mille ♦ Agnes George De Mille ♦ Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhiu. 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
agnes b | 132 | agnes kovacs | 20 |
agnes monica | 125 | agnes lum | 20 |
agnes | 114 | agnes of god | 19 |
agnes hospital st | 102 | agnes comar | 16 |
agnes moorehead | 101 | st agnes academy | 16 |
agnes scott college | 90 | agnes water | 16 |
agnes bruckner | 77 | agnes baltimore hospital st | 14 |
st agnes | 59 | agnes irwin school | 13 |
agnes bugil monica | 51 | agnes baillon | 13 |
agnes foto monica | 51 | agnes chan | 12 |
agnes monica telanjang | 45 | agnes church st | 12 |
agnes hurricane | 37 | agnes irwin | 12 |
agnes saint | 33 | agnes baltsa | 12 |
agnes scott | 32 | agnes mcphail | 10 |
agnes center medical saint | 29 | agnes fresno hospital st | 10 |
agnes hospital saint | 27 | agnes school st | 10 |
agnes macphail | 26 | agnes eve st | 10 |
big agnes | 22 | agnes heller | 10 |
agnes center medical st | 21 | st stephens and st agnes school | 9 |
agnes martin | 20 | agnes moorhead | 9 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "AGNES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Greek | άγνη. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Italian | Agnese. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Manx | Oona. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | agnesay Агнесса. (various references) Inés. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Greek | 700 BCE-300 CE | agnos. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words ending with "AGNES": champagnes, lasagnes. (additional references) | |
Words containing "AGNES": ferromagnesian, hypomagnesemia, hypomagnesemias, magnesia, magnesian, magnesias, magnesic, magnesite, magnesites, magnesium, magnesiums. (additional references) | |
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"AGNES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: agenes, Agnesey, Agness, Agnews, Agni, Alness, Anees, Anes, Arness, Arnez, Aunes, Engesa, Ganeesh, Ignas, Kagnew, Lagness, Magness. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-g-n-s" | |
-1 letter: ages, anes, engs, gaen, gaes, gane, gens, nags, sage, sane, sang, snag. | |
-2 letters: age, ane, eng, ens, gae, gan, gas, gen, nae, nag, sae, sag, sea, seg, sen. | |
-3 letters: ae, ag, an, as, en, es, na, ne. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-g-n-s" | |
+1 letter: agenes, agents, agones, angels, angers, angles, easing, ganefs, ganevs, gasmen, genoas, gleans, manges, ranges, sanger, senega, vegans. | |
+2 letters: ageings, agendas, agnates, agnizes, agonies, agonise, angelus, anglers, anlages, argents, augends, avenges, bangers, bangles, cangues, ceasing, changes, dangers, dangles, defangs, earings, easting, eatings, encages, engages, engrams, enigmas, enrages, erasing, fanegas, feasing, flanges, gainers, galenas, gamines, ganders, gangers, gangues, gannets, gardens, garners, garnets, gayness, gelants, genevas, germans, glances, glandes, gnashed, gnashes, gnawers, grabens, granges, guanase, guineas, hangers, incages, ingates, ingesta, jangles, lagends, lagunes, langues, lasagne, leasing, linages, magnets, manages, maneges, mangels, mangers, mangles, mangoes, menages, naggers, negates, nonages, nosebag, nosegay, onagers, onstage, oranges, pangens, penangs, rangers, reagins, regains, reginas, rehangs, sabeing, sagamen, sangers, sealing, seaming, searing, seating, senegas, seringa, shebang, signage, sinkage, slanged, snagged, spaeing, spangle, spinage, stanged, stengah, strange, swagmen, tangles, teasing, uncages, wangles. | |
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