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EUPHRASY

Definition: EUPHRASY

EUPHRASY

Noun

1. The plant eyesight (euphrasia officionalis), formerly regarded as beneficial in disorders of the eyes.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Etymology: Euphrasy \Eu"phra*sy\, noun. [New Latin expression. euphrasia, from the Greek expression delight, from to delight; well heart, mind: compare to late Latin eufrasia, French eufrasie.]. (Websters 1913)

Modern Translations: EUPHRASY

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

Portuguese

  

euforia (euphoria). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

очанка лекарственная. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

eufrasia (eyebright). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

göz out. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

очанка лікарська. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Misspellings: EUPHRASY

Misspellings

"EUPHRASY" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Euphausia, euphorbs, Euphrosyne, nenuphars. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "EUPHRASY"

Words rhyming with "EUPHRASY" (pronounced 'Eu"phra*sy'): Ablepsy, Acatalepsy, Achromatopsy, Adipsy, Aerognosy, Ambassy, Anamorphosy, Antonomasy, Apepsy, Apostasy, Argosy, Astrognosy, Autonomasy, Autopsy, Bousy, Cephalotripsy, Chuprassie, Chuprassy, Clerisy, Clumsy, Controversy, Cramoisie, Cramoisy, Curtesy, Discourtesy, Dropsy, Drowsy, Dyscrasy, Eclampsy, Elephansy, Embassy, Emphrensy, Epilepsy, Eucrasy, Euthanasy, gassy, Geodesy, Geognosy, Gipsy, Henhussy, Heresy, Homoplasy, Hydrognosy, Hydropsy, hypocrisy, Hysteroepilepsy, idiosyncrasy, Impalsy, Isostasy, Kecksy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: EUPHRASY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-e-h-p-r-s-u-y"

-1 letter: yaupers.

-2 letters: hayers, pareus, pauser, payers, phrase, prahus, pusher, raphes, repays, seraph, shaper, sharpy, sherpa, sphery, sypher, yauper.

-3 letters: apers, apery, apres, asper, aures, ephas, eyras, hares, harps, harpy, hayer, heaps, hears, hyper, hypes, pares, pareu, parse, pause, payer, pears, phase, prahu, prase, praus, prays, presa, preys, purse, pursy, pushy, pyres, rapes, raphe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-h-p-r-s-u-y"
 

+2 letters: coryphaeus, superheavy.

 

+3 letters: hypersexual.

 

+4 letters: hyperarousal, hypersurface, sepulchrally, superhighway, superhumanly.

 

+5 letters: brachypterous, hydrocephalus, hyperacuities, hyperarousals, hypercautious, hypersurfaces, hyperurbanism, polyurethanes, superhighways, superhumanity, superphysical.

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

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Alternative Orthography: EUPHRASY


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

45 55 50 48 52 41 53 59

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)

.    ..-    .--.    ....    .-.    .-    ...    -.--.

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

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

01000101 01010101 01010000 01001000 01010010 01000001 01010011 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#69 &#85 &#80 &#72 &#82 &#65 &#83 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0045 0055 0050 0048 0052 0041 0053 0059

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

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

3955504252355359

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Translations: Modern
3. Derivations
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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