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"GILES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a young goat". |
Date "GILES" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1050. (references) |
"GILES" is a common misspelling or typo for: gels, gills, gives, gules. |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Giles (1 syl., g soft). The "farmer's boy" in Bloomfield's poem so called. Giles (St.). Patron saint of cripples. The tradition is that the king of France, hunting in the desert, accidentally wounded the hermit in the knee; and the hermit, that he might the better mortify the flesh, refusing to be cured, remained a cripple for life. The symbol of this saint is a hind, in allusion to the "heaven-directed hind" which went daily to his cave near the mouth of the Rhone to give him milk. He is sometimes represented as an old man with an arrow in his knee and a hind by his side. St. Giles's parish. Generally situated in the outskirts of a city, and originally without the walls, cripples and beggars not being permitted to pass the gates. Hopping or Hobbling Giles. A lame person; so called from St. Giles, the tutelar saint of cripples. (See Cripplegate.) Lame as St. Giles', Cripplegate. (See above.). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | GYLES, or GILES. Hopping Giles; a nick name for a lame person: St. Giles was the tutelar saint of cripples. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: GILES |
| Specialty definitions using "GILES": Coenobite, Cripplegate ♦ Gibeonite, Giles of Antwerp, Giles Overreach, Gobelin Tapestry ♦ Jacob the Scourge of Grammar ♦ Pagan Works of Art ♦ Seven Dials, Symbols of Saints. (references) |
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Screenplays | Well, I should check in with Giles, get a situation update. (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) | |
Clever | All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. (references; author: Giles) Among so many sad realities we can but ill endure to rob anticipation of its pleasant visions. (references; author: Giles) | |
Movie/TV Titles | El Cañonero de Giles (1937) Giles Has His Fortune Told (1911) El Show de los giles (2003) | |
Song Titles | Elephant Song (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) How Do They Know (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) Little Children (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) One In A Million (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) Suite No. 1 (performing artist: Giles & Fripp Giles) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | [Pharmacy - Instrumentation: Doane's Seidlitz-Powder Machine] / J.L. Giles sc. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |  | With Captain Buck Owings and with Sheriff Giles Birdsong he was closeted perhaps ten minutes. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Farmer Giles & his wife shewing off their daughter Betty to their neighbours, on her return from school / Drawn by an amateur - etch'd by Js. Gillray. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Giles Smith, ex-slave, Ft. Worth. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Portrait of William Giles, miner-farmer of Union Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Interior of mine on farm of William Giles. Union Township, Pennsylvania. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Gen. T.J. Jackson (Stonewall) / J.L. Giles lith. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Genl. Robt. E. Lee / J.L. Giles lith. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Nothing stops these men, let nothing stop you / H. Giles '18 ; John H. Eggers Co. Inc., New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Nothing stops these men, let nothing stop you / H. Giles '18 ; John H. Eggers Co. Inc., New York. Credit: Library of Congress. |
Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits. | |||
| Author | Quotation |
Giles | All things that are, are with more spirit chased than enjoyed. |
| Among so many sad realities we can but ill endure to rob anticipation of its pleasant visions. | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | |
| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | COENOBITE, n. A man who piously shuts himself up to meditate upon the sin of wickedness; and to keep it fresh in his mind joins a brotherhood of awful examples. O Coenobite, O coenobite, Monastical gregarian, You differ from the anchorite, That solitudinarian: With vollied prayers you wound Old Nick; With dropping shots he makes him sick. Quincy Giles |
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| "GILES" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 99.20% of the time. "GILES" is used about 877 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) | 99.2% | 870 | 8,151 |
| Noun (plural) | 0.8% | 7 | 133,076 |
| Total | 100.00% | 877 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "GILES" 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 |
| Giles | Last name | 16,000 | 729 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "GILES" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a young goat". | |||
| The following table summarizes names related to "GILES." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Gillis | Male | Dutch | Giles |
| Giles | Male | English | N/A |
| Gyles | Male | English | Giles |
| Gilles | Male | French | Giles |
| Egidio | Male | Italian | Giles |
| Gil | Male | Portuguese | Giles |
| Gil | Male | Spanish | Giles |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "GILES": Giles County ♦ Giles Lytton Strachey. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "GILES": Giles-in-the-fields, Giles-the-murderer, giles-without-cripplegate. | |
Ending with "GILES": Hunt-Giles. | |
| 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 | Expression | Frequency per Day |
giles | 94 | giles ransome | 13 |
brian giles | 86 | giles villeneuve | 12 |
marcus giles | 82 | giles rupert | 11 |
penny giles | 44 | giles janie | 11 |
buffy giles | 40 | cameron giles | 10 |
st giles hotel london | 29 | brian catch giles | 10 |
st giles | 29 | j giles | 10 |
giles 202 | 26 | john giles | 10 |
j giles band | 25 | giles marcus picture | 9 |
st giles hotel | 23 | county giles public school | 9 |
giles county virginia | 22 | giles county tn | 9 |
buffy fan fiction giles | 20 | giles island | 9 |
giles county | 17 | brian giles picture | 8 |
giles county tennessee | 17 | corey giles | 8 |
edward giles kent ma | 15 | anthony giles | 7 |
giles county va | 14 | saint giles | 7 |
giles county school | 14 | frankel giles | 7 |
giles high school | 14 | david giles | 6 |
edward giles kent salem | 14 | ethan giles | 6 |
buffy fanfic giles | 13 | cartoon giles | 6 |
giles nissan | 6 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Date | Source | Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 2 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Yeudh gar meleta h kardia autwn kai ponouV ta ceilh autwn lalei |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Quia rapinas meditatur mens eorum et fraudes labia eorum loquuntur |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For raueynes sweteli thenketh the mynde of hem, and giles the lippis of hem speken. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | For their heart studieth destruction, and their lips talk of mischief. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | For the purposes of their hearts are destruction, and their lips are talking of trouble. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Proverbs Chapter 24, Verse 2 |
| Cebuano | Kay ang ilang kasingkasing magatoon sa pagdaugdaug, Ug ang ilang mga ngabil magapamulong sa dautang buhat. |
| Chinese | 為 他 們 的 心 、 圖 謀 強 暴 ． 他 們 的 口 、 談 論 奸 惡 。 |
| Croatian | Jer im srce smišlja nasilje i usne govore o nedjelu. |
| Danish | thi deres Hjerte pønser på Vold, deres Læbers Ord volder Men. |
| Dutch | Want hun hart bedenkt verwoesting, en hun lippen spreken moeite. |
| Finnish | Sillä heidän mielensä miettii väkivaltaa, ja turmiota haastavat heidän huulensa. |
| French | Car leur coeur médite la ruine, Et leurs lèvres parlent d`iniquité. |
| German | denn ihr Herz trachte nach Schaden, und ihre Lippen raten zu Unglück. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Mereka hanya memikirkan kekejaman dan hanya membicarakan apa yang mencelakakan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Karena kebinasaan terpancarlah dari dalam hatinya dan mulutnya berkata akan celaka belaka. |
| Italian | poiché il loro cuore trama rovine e le loro labbra non esprimono che malanni. |
| Maori | Ko ta to ratou ngakau hoki e whakaaro ai, he tukino, ko ta o ratou ngutu e korero ai, he whanoke. |
| Norwegian | For deres hjerte tenker bare på å ødelegge, og deres leber taler ulykke. |
| Portuguese | porque o seu coração medita a violência; e os seus lábios falam maliciosamente. |
| Rumanian | cqci inima lor se gkndewte la prqpqd, wi buzele lor vorbesc nelegiuiri. - |
| Russian | ПФПНХ ЮФП П ОБУЙМЙЙ ПНЩЫМСЕФ УЕТ""Е ЙИ, Й П ЪМПН ЗПЧПТСФ ХУФБ ЙИ. |
| Swedish | Ty på övervåld tänka deras hjärtan, och deras läppar tala olycka. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words ending with "GILES": nargiles. (additional references) | |
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"GILES" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Galebs, Galles, Geils, Gelsey, Giel, Gile, Gilel, gilez, Gilies, Ginley, Gislen, Gyges, Gylee, Gylys, Iges, Iglesia, Ogilesby, Ogilveys. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-g-i-l-s" | |
-1 letter: egis, gels, gies, isle, legs, leis, lies. | |
-2 letters: els, gel, gie, leg, lei, lie, lis, seg, sei, sel. | |
-3 letters: el, es, is, li, si. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-g-i-l-s" | |
+1 letter: bilges, gimels, glides, glimes, grilse, guiles, ingles, legist, legits, lieges, ligase, ligers, silage, single, sleigh, uglies. | |
+2 letters: aiglets, dingles, elegies, elegise, elegist, elegits, eloigns, engilds, english, epilogs, gallies, gerbils, giblets, giggles, giglets, gilders, gillers, gillies, gimlets, girdles, girlies, glaires, glaives, glassie, gliders, glimpse, glisten, glister, glitzes, glories, gluiest, goalies, grilles, grilses, gristle, gullies, higgles, jiggles, jingles, leasing, leggins, legions, legists, lensing, ligases, ligates, ligules, ligures, linages, lingers, lingoes, logiest, longies, luggies, megilps, midlegs, miggles, milages, mingles, niggles, obliges, ologies, piglets, regilds, ridgels, sealing, seeling, selfing, selling, semilog, shingle, silages, singled, singles, singlet, sleighs, sleight, slewing, slinger, sniggle, soilage, spiegel, swingle, tingles, ugliest, wiggles, wigless, wiglets. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)47 49 4C 45 53 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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)01000111 01001001 01001100 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)G I L E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0047 0049 004C 0045 0053 |
| 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)4143463953 |
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