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DISCURSUS

Definition: DISCURSUS

DISCURSUS

Noun

1. Argumentation; ratiocination; discursive reasoning.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

Date "DISCURSUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1780. (references)

Etymology: Discursus \Dis*cur"sus\, noun. [Latin expression]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: DISCURSUS

Non-English Usage: "DISCURSUS" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Latin (a running about, discursive).

Commercial Usage: DISCURSUS

Domain	Title
Books	Discursus de summo bono = âErtekezâes a legfîobb jâorâol (reference) Discursus praeliminaris de philosophia in genere = Einleitende Abhandlung èuber Philosophie im allgemeinen (reference) (more book examples)
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Anagrams: DISCURSUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "c-d-i-r-s-s-s-u-u"
	-2 letters: discuss.
	-3 letters: discus.
	-4 letters: cruds, curds, discs, risus, scudi, scuds, surds.
	-5 letters: cris, crud, crus, cuds, curd, curs, cuss, disc, diss, duci, rids, scud, sics, sirs, sris, suds, surd, suss, urds, uric, urus.
	Words containing the letters "c-d-i-r-s-s-s-u-u"
	+4 letters: ludicrousness.
	+5 letters: ridiculousness.
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Alternative Orthography: DISCURSUS

Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

44 49 53 43 55 52 53 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01000100 01001001 01010011 01000011 01010101 01010010 01010011 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#68 &#73 &#83 &#67 &#85 &#82 &#83 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0044 0049 0053 0043 0055 0052 0053 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

384353375552535553

INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Anagrams

5. Orthography
6. Bibliography

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