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MARPHISA

Date "MARPHISA" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1863. (references)


Specialty Definition: MARPHISA

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Literature

Marphisa (in Orlando Furioso). Sister of Rogero, and a female knight of amazing prowess. She was brought up by a magician, but, being stolen at the age of seven, was sold to the king of Persia. The king assailed her virtue when she was eighteen, but she slew him, and seized the crown. She came to Gaul to join the army of Agramant, but hearing that Agramant's father had murdered her mother Galacella, she entered the camp of Charlemagne, and was baptised. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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

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Crosswords: MARPHISA

Specialty definitions using "MARPHISA": PinabelloRogero,. (references)

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Anagrams: MARPHISA

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-m-p-r-s"

-1 letter: pariahs, raphias.

-2 letters: ahimsa, ashram, ihrams, marish, mishap, pariah, parish, praams, primas, raphia, raphis, shrimp.

-3 letters: amahs, amias, amirs, aphis, apish, arias, haars, hairs, harms, harps, ihram, maars, mairs, maria, marsh, pairs, paisa, paras, paris, pasha, pimas, praam, prams, prima, prims, prism, raias, ramps, sharp, simar, spahi.

-4 letters: aahs, aims, airs, amah, amas, amia.

-5 letters: aah.

 Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-m-p-r-s"
 

+2 letters: airmanship, diaphragms, pharisaism, pharmacies, pharmacist.

 

+3 letters: airmanships, amphibrachs, amphimacers, hypermanias, managership, marshalship, oarsmanship, pharisaisms, pharmacists.

 

+4 letters: arsphenamine, chairmanship, managerships, marksmanship, marshalships, morphallaxis, oarsmanships, parochialism, phrasemaking, watermanship.

 

+5 letters: alphanumerics, amphitheaters, arsphenamines, catastrophism, chairmanships, craftsmanship, draftsmanship, grantsmanship, mammographies, marksmanships, mastigophoran, parochialisms, pharmacopeias, phrasemakings, watermanships.

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

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Alternative Orthography: MARPHISA


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

4D 41 52 50 48 49 53 41

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

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

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01001101 01000001 01010010 01010000 01001000 01001001 01010011 01000001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#77 &#65 &#82 &#80 &#72 &#73 &#83 &#65

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

004D 0041 0052 0050 0048 0049 0053 0041

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

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

4735525042435335

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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