Hazlitt

Definition: Hazlitt

Hazlitt

Noun

1. English essayist and literary critic (1778-1830).

Date "Hazlitt" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1791. (references)

Synonym: Hazlitt

Synonym: William Hazlitt (n). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Hazlitt

English words defined with "Hazlitt": William Hazlitt. (references)

Specialty definitions using "Hazlitt": Bottled Moonshine. (references)

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Modern Usage: Hazlitt

Domain

Usage

Clever

To be happy, we must be true to nature, and carry our age along with us. (references; author: Hazlitt)

The more we do, the more we can do; the more busy we are, the more leisure we have. (references; author: Hazlitt)

Prosperity is a great teacher; adversity is a greater. Possession pampers the mind; privation trains and strengthens it. (references; author: Hazlitt)

Features alone do not run in the blood; vices and virtues, genius and folly, are transmitted through the same sure but unseen channel. (references; author: Hazlitt)

We are very much what others think of us. The reception our observations meet with gives us courage to proceed, or damps our efforts. (references; author: Hazlitt)

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

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Familiar Quotations: Hazlitt

Author	Quotation
William Hazlitt	Reflection makes men cowards.
	Good temper is an estate for life.
	Prejudice is the child of ignorance.
	Actors are the only honest hypocrites.
	The worst old age is that of the mind.
	Life is the art of being well deceived.
	As is our confidence, so is our capacity.
	We can scarcely hate anyone that we know.
	The busier we are the more leisure we have.
	Grace in women has more effect than beauty.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Hazlitt

Subject	Topic	Quote
Economic History	Indonesia	Books which have been translated into the Indonesian language under the auspices of the program include Economics in One Lesson by Henry Hazlitt, Return to Depression Economics by Paul Krugman and The Lexus and the Olive Tree by Thomas Friedman. (references)
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Usage Frequency: Hazlitt

"Hazlitt" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 97.53% of the time. "Hazlitt" is used about 81 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)	97.53%	79	37,388
Lexical Verb (infinitive)	2.47%	2	245,945
Total	100.00%	81	N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Name Usage Frequency: Hazlitt

The following table summarizes the usage of "Hazlitt" 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
Hazlitt	Last name	400	20,844
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: Hazlitt

Expression using "Hazlitt": William Hazlitt. Additional references.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Hazlitt

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
william hazlitt	18
hazlitt	8
henry hazlitt	5
hazlitt winery	2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Anagrams: Hazlitt

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams
	Words within the letters "a-h-i-l-t-t-z"
	-2 letters: atilt, laith, lathi, tilth.
	-3 letters: alit, hail, halt, hila, hilt, lath, lati, tail, tali, that, tilt.
	-4 letters: ail, ait, alt, att, hat, hit, lat, lit, tat, til, tit, zit.
	-5 letters: ah, ai, al, at, ha, hi, it, la, li, ta, ti.
	Words containing the letters "a-h-i-l-t-t-z"
	+3 letters: altazimuth.
	+4 letters: altazimuths, shmaltziest.
	+5 letters: schmaltziest.
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