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AGNES

"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.


Specialty Definition: AGNES

DomainDefinition

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.

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

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Crosswords: AGNES

Specialty definitions using "AGNES": Symbols of SaintsWrath's Hole. (references)

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Modern Usage: AGNES

DomainUsage

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)

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

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Commercial Usage: AGNES

DomainTitle

Books

  • Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (reference)

  • Abusing Memory: The Healing Theology of Agnes Sanford (reference)

  • Agnes Browne Trilogy: The Mammy, the Chisellers, the Granny (reference)

  • Agnes Grey (Oxford World's Classics) (reference)

  • Agnes Pflumm and the Stonecreek Science Fair (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Theater & Movies

  • Agnes Varda Collection (Vagabond/ Le Bonheur/ Cleo From 5 to 7) (reference)

    (more DVD examples; more video examples)

  

Music

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

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Image Slideshow: AGNES

Illustrations:
AGNES

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Photo Album: AGNES

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[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.

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Familiar Quotations: AGNES

AuthorQuotation

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.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: AGNES

TitleAuthorQuote

Tangled Tale

Carroll, Lewis

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: AGNES

"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 SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (proper)99.67%8997,952
Noun (plural)0.33%3202,518
                    Total100.00%902N/A

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

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Name Usage Frequency: AGNES

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.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
AgnesFirst name Female98,000217
AgnesLast name20030,837
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Derived & Related Names: AGNES

"AGNES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "chaste", "a lamb".
 
The following table summarizes names related to "AGNES."
NameGenderLanguageRelated Name
AgnesFemaleDutchN/A
AggieFemaleEnglishAgnes
AgnesFemaleEnglishN/A
AnnisFemaleEnglishAgnes
AnsonMaleEnglishAgnes
AuneFemaleFinnishAgnes
AgnèsFemaleFrenchAgnes
AgnesFemaleGermanN/A
AgnetheFemaleGermanAgnes
ÁgnesFemaleHungarianAgnes
AignéisFemaleIrishAgnes
AgneseFemaleItalianAgnes
AgneseFemaleLatvianAgnes
AgnieszkaFemalePolishAgnes
InêsFemalePortugueseAgnes
AgnessaFemaleRussianAgnes
AgnesFemaleScandinavianN/A
SengaFemaleScottishAgnes
NezaFemaleSloveneAgnes
InésFemaleSpanishAgnes
InezFemaleSpanishAgnes
AgnetaFemaleSwedishAgnes
NestaFemaleWelshAgnes
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Expressions: AGNES

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.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: AGNES

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
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.

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Modern Translation: AGNES

Language Translations for "AGNES"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

άγνη. (various references)

   

Italian

  

Agnese. (various references)

   

Manx

  

Oona. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

agnesay

   

Russian 

  

Агнесса. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

Inés. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: AGNES

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Greek700 BCE-300 CE

agnos. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Derivations & Misspellings: AGNES

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)


Misspellings

"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).

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Anagrams: AGNES

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.

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

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Images: Slideshow
6. Images: Photo Album
7. Quotations: Familiar
8. Quotations: Fiction
9. Usage Frequency
10. Names: Frequency
11. Names: Derived from
12. Expressions
13. Expressions: Internet
14. Translations: Modern
15. Translations: Ancient
16. Derivations
17. Anagrams
18. Bibliography


  

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