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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Far Niente (3 syl.). Italian phrase. The Latin otium. Dolce far niente is the sweet enjoyment of having nothing to do, i.e. of a holiday. (See Dolce.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inaction | Inactivity; rest; (repose); quiescence; want of occupation, inoccupation; idle hours, time hanging on one's hands, dolce far niente; sinecure, featherbed, featherbedding, cushy job, no-show job; soft snap, soft thing. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Expression using "FAR NIENTE": dolce far niente. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
far niente | 45 |
far niente winery | 9 |
far niente wine | 5 |
far niente dolce | 4 |
far niente restaurant toronto | 4 |
far niente restaurant | 3 |
far niente ristorante | 2 |
far niente chardonnay | 2 |
far niente toronto | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-e-f-i-n-n-r-t" | |
-2 letters: arenite, entrain, fainter, infante, interne, retinae, trainee. | |
-3 letters: afreet, entera, entire, faerie, fainer, fanner, feater, feriae, ferine, inaner, infant, infare, innate, intern, narine, neaten, neater, ratine, refine, rennet, retain, retina, retine, tanner, teniae, tenner, tinner, triene. | |
-4 letters: aerie, afire, afrit, after, anent, antre, arete, eaten, eater, enate, enter, entia, faint, feint, feria, finer. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-e-f-i-n-n-r-t" | |
+2 letters: inferential, refastening, refrainment. | |
+3 letters: conferential, fenestration, fermentation, freestanding, refrainments. | |
+4 letters: antiforeigner, confederating, confederation, fenestrations, fermentations, franticnesses, frequentation, inferentially, nonfilterable, reinfestation, ultrafeminine, underinflated. | |
+5 letters: aforementioned, antireflection, confederations, defenestrating, defenestration, frequentations, interferential, nonforfeitable, reinfestations, retransferring, transferential. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 41 52      4E 49 45 4E 54 45 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000110 01000001 01010010 00100000 01001110 01001001 01000101 01001110 01010100 01000101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F A R   N I E N T E |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0041 0052      004E 0049 0045 004E 0054 0045 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4035522484339485439 |
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