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Definition: FICO |
FICONoun1. 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. |
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) |
| Domain | Definitions |
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. | |
| 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. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
FICO | English | Flight Information and Control Operations | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
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). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Fico d'India (1980) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
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. | ||
| 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. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Fico | Last name | 130 | 57,303 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; 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 | Expression | Frequency 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. | |||
| Language | Translations for "FICO"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Hebrew | ×צבע משולשת (fig). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | icofay | ||||
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). | |
| 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) |
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. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)46 49 43 4F |
| 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)01000110 01001001 01000011 01001111 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)F I C O |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0046 0049 0043 004F |
| 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)40433749 |
| 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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