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"GLYNN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley". |
Date "GLYNN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Biographical Satire | GLYNN, E., an old maid authoress who knew things. Wrote a book which everybody tells the rector they have not read, and then re-reads it when the doors are locked. In the United States a law has been passed compelling booksellers to include a bottle of disinfectant whenever a G. book is sold. Ambition: A publisher who is not afraid of the police. Recreation: Reading her own books. Address: Probably Paris. Clubs: Always blackballed. Source: Who was Who: 5000BC - 1914. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Glynn has given us time to come up with a list of demands. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) If you have to ask, Glynn, then we got a long day ahead of us. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) My compensation for lying to Glynn. (Oz; writing credit: Pavel Srut) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Glynn Nicholas Show (1996) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
![]() | "Octahedron" by Jerry Glynn. | ![]() | "Donut" by Joyce Glynn. |
![]() | "Onion" (movie) by Jerry Glynn. | ![]() | "Cup in Saddle" by Joyce Glynn. |
![]() | Robertus Glynn Clobury, M.D. / J. Page ad vivam delin. et sculp. Credit: National Library of Medicine. | ![]() | Robert Glynn Clobery, M.D. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| "GLYNN" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 73.97% of the time. "GLYNN" is used about 219 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (proper) | 73.97% | 162 | 24,580 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 25.57% | 56 | 45,296 |
| Lexical Verb (infinitive) | 0.46% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 219 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GLYNN" 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 |
| Glynn | Last name | 3,000 | 3,591 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "GLYNN" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a valley". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "GLYNN." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Glyn | Male | Welsh | N/A |
| Glynn | Male | Welsh | Glyn |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
1. Glynn, LA |
Expression using "GLYNN": Glynn County. 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. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words containing the letters "g-l-n-n-y" | |
+3 letters: benignly, bylining, indignly, inlaying, langsyne, lynching, ungainly, ungently, unkingly, unlaying, yeanling. | |
+4 letters: analysing, analyzing, bindingly, burningly, condignly, cunningly, damningly, denyingly, droningly, envyingly, fawningly, genuinely, knowingly, langsynes, longingly, lynchings, meaningly, mincingly, naggingly, nippingly, nonflying, numbingly, plangency, pungently, rantingly, ringingly, uncloying, warningly, whiningly, winningly, yawningly, yeanlings, youngling. | |
+5 letters: ankylosing, annoyingly, blarneying, blindingly, bouncingly, bunglingly, clankingly, dauntingly, enduringly, engagingly, enticingly, frowningly, glancingly, grindingly, grinningly, hauntingly, ignorantly, intangibly, invitingly, lignifying, malignancy, menacingly, mourningly, nigglingly, nonplaying, nullifying, plangently, poignantly, pregnantly, sanguinely, slantingly, sneakingly, soundingly, stagnantly, stingingly, stinkingly, stunningly, swingingly, swooningly, tauntingly, thinkingly, tinglingly, underlying, unendingly, unerringly, unfadingly, untiringly, unyielding, vauntingly, yearningly, younglings. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 4C 59 4E 4E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)--. .-.. -.--. -. -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000111 01001100 01011001 01001110 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G L Y N N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 004C 0059 004E 004E |
| 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)4146594848 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Images: Photo Album | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Names: Derived from 8. Cities | 9. Expressions 10. Expressions: Internet 11. Anagrams 12. Orthography | 13. Bibliography |
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