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Definition: DIVERB |
DIVERBNoun1. A saying in which two members of the sentence are contrasted; an antithetical proverb. |
Etymology: Diverb \Di"verb\, noun. [Latin expression diverbium the colloquial part of comedy, dialogue; di- dis- verbum word.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Author | Quotation |
Robert Burton | England is a paradise for women and hell for horses; Italy a paradise for horses, hell for women, as the diverb goes. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: verbid. | |
| Words within the letters "b-d-e-i-r-v" | |
-1 letter: bider, bride, diver, drive, rebid, rived. | |
-2 letters: bide, bier, bird, bred, brie, dire, dive, drib, ired, ride, rive, verb, vibe, vide, vied, vier. | |
-3 letters: bed, bid, deb, dev, dib, die, ire, reb, red, rei, rev, rib, rid, vie. | |
-4 letters: be, bi, de, ed, er, id, re. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-d-e-i-r-v" | |
+1 letter: overbid, verbids. | |
+2 letters: bedrivel, drivable, lovebird, ovenbird, overbids, riverbed, vibrated. | |
+3 letters: adverbial, bedrivels, cabdriver, derivable, driveable, lovebirds, ovenbirds, overbuild, riverbeds, verbicide, verbified. | |
+4 letters: adverbials, bedriveled, beshivered, biliverdin, cabdrivers, overbidden, overbidder, overbilled, overboiled, overbuilds, subdivider, verbalized, verbicides, weaverbird. | |
+5 letters: abbreviated, adumbrative, adverbially, bedcovering, bedriveling, bedrivelled, biliverdins, deliverable, deverbative, disbeliever, disprovable, overbidders, overbidding, overdubbing, subdividers, weaverbirds. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 49 56 45 52 42 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ...- . .-. -... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01001001 01010110 01000101 01010010 01000010 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D I V E R B |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0049 0056 0045 0052 0042 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)384356395236 |
| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Familiar 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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