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FICO

Definition: FICO

FICO

Noun

1. A fig; an insignificant trifle, no more than the snap of one's thumb; a sign of contempt made by the fingers, expressing. A fig for you.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "FICO" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1598. (references)

Etymology: Fico \Fi"co\, noun; plural Ficoes. [Italian expression, fig, from the Latin expression ficus. See Fig.]. (Websters 1913)

Specialty Definitions: FICO

DomainDefinitions

Literature

Fico (See Fig .)
"Fico for the phrase."
Shakespeare: Merry Wives of Windsor, i.3.
"I see contempt marching forth, giving me the fico with his thombe in his mouth." - Wit's Miserie (1596). Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Abbreviations & Acronyms: FICO

The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted.
EntrySourceExpressionField

FICO

EnglishFlight Information and Control OperationsN/A

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

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Crosswords: FICO

English words defined with "FICO": Ficoes. (references)
Specialty definitions using "FICO": Snap of the Fingers. (references)
Non-English Usage: "FICO" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

Italian (fig, fig-tree).

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Modern Usage: FICO

DomainUsage

Movie/TV Titles

Fico d'India (1980)

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

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Commercial Usage: FICO

DomainTitle

Books

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

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Non-Fiction Usage: FICO

SubjectTopicQuote

Human Rights

Slovak Republic

The founder and chairman of the political party SMER, Robert Fico, also made a similar allegation. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: FICO

The following table summarizes the usage of "FICO" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
FicoLast name13057,303
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: FICO

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
  ExpressionFrequency
per Day

  fico score

910

  fico nicro

6

  fico

602

  code fico promotional

6

  free fico score

96

  fico rating

6

  fico credit score

87

  fico report

6

  free fico

20

  fico credit

6

  improve your fico score

19

  raise fico score

6

  good fico score

17

  balance card credit fico score under

6

  increase fico score

12

  average fico score

5

  fico credit report

11

  low fico score mortgage

5

  improving fico score

11

  auto fico loan score

5

  fico mortgage score

10

  fico score range

5

  fico score simulator

9

  fico score.com

5

  free credit fico score

9

  sap fico

5

  credit report fico score

9

  fico loan no

4

  com fico

9

  california consulting fico sap

4

  diseã fico grã master o

8

  fico simulator

4

  fico scoring

8

  fico get score

4

  curso diseã±o fico grã

7

  fico mortgage rate score

4

  low fico score

7

  raising fico score

4

  consolidation debt fico low score

6

  fico score interest rate

4
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translations: FICO

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

Hebrew 

  

×צבע משולשת (fig). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

icofay

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Derivations: FICO

Derivations

Words beginning with "FICO": ficoes. (additional references)

Words ending with "FICO": magnifico. (additional references)

Words containing "FICO": magnificoes, magnificos. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "FICO"

Words rhyming with "FICO" (pronounced 'Fi"co'): Alco, Alfresco, Bajocco, Banco, Barocco, Bejuco, Bronco, Calamanco, Catafalco, Chebacco, Chico, Cisco, draco, fiasco, Goracco, Guaco, guanaco, Hocco, junco, Macaco, Macauco, Macco, Mameluco, Matico, Maucaco, Melluco, Mico, Moco, Morocco, Nero-antico, Poco, Puerco, Ronco, Saltimbanco, Secco, Squacco, Tabacco, Tasco, Tedesco, tobacco, Toco, Troco, Ulluco, Zacco. (additional references)

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Anagrams: FICO

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: coif, foci.

Words within the letters "c-f-i-o"

-2 letters: if, of.

 Words containing the letters "c-f-i-o"
 

+1 letter: coifs.

 

+2 letters: codify, coffin, coifed, coiffe, comfit, confit, fiasco, ficoes, flocci, formic, frolic, fucoid, office.

 

+3 letters: aciform, bifocal, chiffon, coalify, codfish, coffing, coffins, coiffed, coiffes, coifing, coinfer, comfier, comfits, confide, confine, confirm, confits, conifer, cowfish, faction, factoid, fiascos, fiction, fluoric, folacin, forcing, fossick, frolics, fucoids, kickoff, motific, officer, offices, omnific, opacify, orifice, ossific, pickoff, scorify.

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

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Alternative Orthography: FICO


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

46 49 43 4F

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

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

=

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)

01000110 01001001 01000011 01001111

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#70 &#73 &#67 &#79

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0046 0049 0043 004F

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

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

40433749

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Modern
4. Usage: Commercial
5. Quotations: Non-fiction
6. Names: Frequency
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Translations: Modern
9. Abbreviations
10. Acronyms
11. Derivations
12. Rhymes
13. Anagrams
14. Orthography
15. Bibliography


  

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