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Definition: De Quincey |
De QuinceyNoun1. English writer who described the psychological effects of addiction to opium (1785-1859). Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: De QuinceySynonym: Thomas De Quincey (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: De Quincey |
| English words defined with "De Quincey": pitying ♦ sorry, sorry for ♦ Thomas De Quincey. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "De Quincey": Cleaned Out ♦ In a fix ♦ Opium-eater. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Author | Quotation |
Thomas De Quincey | Man should forget his anger before he lies down to sleep. |
| Thou has the keys of Paradise, O just, subtle, and mighty Opium! | |
| In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. | |
| Call for the grandest of all earthly spectacles, what is that? It is the sun going to his rest. | |
| As the inventor of murder, and the father of art, Cain must have been a man of first-rate genius. | |
| Tea, though ridiculed by those who are naturally coarse in their nervous sensibilities will always be the favorite beverage of the intellectual. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
Expression using "De Quincey": Thomas De Quincey. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "de quincey"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Pig Latin | eday inceyquay.(various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-i-n-q-u-y" | |
-3 letters: cinque, edenic, equine, induce, quince. | |
-4 letters: deice, deuce, dicey, diene, dunce, educe, endue, equid, indue, needy, niece, nudie, queen, undee, yince. | |
-5 letters: cede, cedi, cine, cued, dene, deni, deny, dice, dine, duce, duci, dune, dyne, eide, eyed, eyen, eyne, iced, need, nice, nide, nude, quey, quid, quin, unci, unde, undy. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-d-e-e-i-n-q-u-y" | |
+2 letters: delinquency. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 65 51 75 69 6E 63 65 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01100101 00100000 01010001 01110101 01101001 01101110 01100011 01100101 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D e   Q u i n c e y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0065 0051 0075 0069 006E 0063 0065 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3871251877580697191 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Images: Slideshow 6. Quotations: Familiar 7. Expressions 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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