Bend Sinister

Definition: Bend Sinister

1. A mark of bastardy; lines from top right to bottom left.

Specialty Definition: Bend Sinister

Domain	Definition
Literature	Bend Sinister He has a bend sinister. He was not born in lawful wedlock. In heraldry, a band running from the upper right-hand corner to the lower left-hand corner (as the shield appears before you on paper) is called a bend-sinister, and is popularly, but erroneously, supposed to indicate bastardy. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.
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Synonyms within Context: Bend Sinister

Context	Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).
Disrepute	Crying shame, burning shame; scandalum magnatum, badge of infamy, blot in one's escutcheon; bend sinister, bar sinister; champain, point champain; byword of reproach; Ichabod.
Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

Commercial Usage: Bend Sinister

Domain	Title
Books	Bend Sinister (reference) Vladimir Nabokov : Novels and Memoirs 1941-1951 : The Real Life of Sebastian Knight, Bend Sinister, Speak, Memory (Library of America) (reference) (more book examples)
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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Bend Sinister

Modern Translation: Bend Sinister

Language		Translations for "bend sinister"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.
Hungarian		bal harántpólya, fattyúzsineg. (various references)

Pig Latin		endbay inistersay
Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

Anagrams: Bend Sinister

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "b-d-e-e-i-i-n-n-r-s-s-t"
	-2 letters: trendiness.
	-3 letters: bedirties, bestrides, binderies, brininess, densities, destinies, dirtiness, disinters, dissenter, einsteins, indenters, inertness, intenders, interbeds, residents, siderites, tiredness.
	-4 letters: bestride, bistered, briniest, dentines, desinent, destines, dieresis, diesters, direness, disinter, editress, einstein, inbreeds, indenter, inditers, inserted, insiders, insisted, insister, intender, intenser, interbed, interned, internes, nerdiest, nineties, niteries, nitrides, resident, resisted, sentries, siderite, sienites.
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Expression	Frequency per Day
bend sinister	2
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