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Definition: Myrtle |
MyrtleNoun1. Widely cultivated as a groundcover for its dark green shiny leaves and usually blue-violet flowers. 2. Any evergreen shrub or tree of the genus Myrtus. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
"Myrtle" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a myrtle". |
Date "myrtle" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1321. (references) |
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Bible | Myrtle (Isa. 41:19; Neh. 8:15; Zech. 1:8), Hebrew hadas, known in the East by the name _as_, the Myrtus communis of the botanist. "Although no myrtles are now found on the mount (of Olives), excepting in the gardens, yet they still exist in many of the glens about Jerusalem, where we have often seen its dark shining leaves and white flowers. There are many near Bethlehem and about Hebron, especially near Dewir Dan, the ancient Debir. It also sheds its fragrance on the sides of Carmel and of Tabor, and fringes the clefts of the Leontes in its course through Galilee. We meet with it all through Central Palestine" (Tristram). Source: Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary. |
Dream Interpretation | To see myrtle in foliage and bloom in your dream, denotes that your desires will be gratified, and pleasures will possess you. For a young woman to dream of wearing a sprig of myrtle, foretells to her an early marriage with a well-to do and intelligent man. To see it withered, denotes that she will miss happiness through careless conduct. Source: Ten Thousand Dreams Interpreted .... |
Literature | Myrtle (The). If you look at a leaf of myrtle in a strong light, you will see that it is pierced with innumerable little punctures. According to fable, Phædra, wife of Theseus fell in love with Hippolotus, her step-son; and when Hippolotus went to the arena to exercise his horses, Phædra repaired to a myrtle-tree in Troezen to await his return, and beguiled the time by piercing the leaves with a hair-pin. The punctures referred to are an abiding memento of this tradition. In the Orlando Furioso Astolpho is changed into a myrtle-tree by Acrisia. Myrtle. The ancient Jews believed that the eating of myrtle leaves conferred the power of detecting witches; and it was a superstition that if the leaves crackled in the hands the person beloved would prove faithful. The myrtle which dropped blood. Æneas (book iii.) is represented as tearing up the Myrtle which dropped blood. Polydorus tells us that the barbarous inhabitants of the country pierced the Myrtle (then a living being) with spears and arrows. The body of the Myrtle took root and grew into the bleeding tree. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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Myrtle is a town located in Union County, Mississippi. As of the 2000 census, the town had a total population of 407.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Myrtle, Minnesota."
Synonym: MyrtleSynonym: Vinca minor (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Love | Cupid, Venus; myrtle; true lover's knot; love token, love suit, love affair, love tale, love story; the, old story, plighted love; courtship; amourette; free love. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Myrtle |
| English words defined with "myrtle": Angel water ♦ Bayberry tallow, bayberry wax ♦ Candleberry tree ♦ genus Leiophyllum, genus Myrciaria, genus Syzygium ♦ Leiophyllum ♦ Myrcia, Myrciaria, Myrtaceous, Myrtiform, Myrtle warbler ♦ pyinma ♦ sweet gale, Syzygium. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "myrtle": Crowns ♦ Flowers and Trees ♦ Hadassah ♦ Jew's Myrtle ♦ myrtle-wax ♦ Succoth. (references) |
| Etymologies containing "myrtle": Myrtiform ♦ Vervain. (references) |
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Screenplays | Myrtle Mae, you have a lot to learn, and I hope you never learn it. (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;) Oh, Myrtle, don't be didactic. (Harvey; writing credit: Mary Chase;) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Myrtle the Manicurist (1916) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Outflow near Myrtle Grove - Pump Street. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |  | Mississippi cutting site for Myrtle Grove. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center. |
 | Aerographer's Mate 2nd Class Myrtle Morley checks weather instruments atop the Station Administration building tower, circa June 1945. Credit: NAVY. |  | Photographed prior to her World War I U.S. Navy service. She was acquired by the Navy in October 1918 and became USS Myrtle (SP-3289). The craft was returned to her owner on 27 January 1919. Credit: NAVY. |
 | Myrtle sighed loudly --. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | The avengers of Little Myrtle Vance, and the villain brought to justice--Parade around public square. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | The Myrtle Room (the Astoria) / Falk, photographer, Waldorf-Astoria. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Jester and Myrtle. Credit: Library of Congress. |
 | Mrs. Myrtle Higgins of Leraysville, New York, with some of the belongings she has packed preparing to move out of the area being taken over by the Army. Mrs. Higgins has been selling eggs and berries in the town and her son added to her two dollar a week. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. Air Service Command. A mobile unit of the 25th service group with its trucks. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Myrtle" is generally used as a noun (proper) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "Myrtle" is used about 54 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) | 50% | 27 | 66,962 |
| Noun (singular) | 44.44% | 24 | 71,196 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 5.56% | 3 | 202,518 |
| Total | 100.00% | 54 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "myrtle" 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 |
| Myrtle | First name Female | 78,000 | 258 |
| Myrtle | Last name | 100 | 80,712 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| "Myrtle" is a name that signifies or is derived from: "a myrtle". | |||
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "myrtle". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Hodel | N/A | Jewish | A myrtle |
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| The following table summarizes names related to "Myrtle." | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Related Name |
| Myrtie | Female | English | Myrtle |
| Myrtle | Female | English | N/A |
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1. Myrtle, MN (city, FIPS 44890) 2. Myrtle, MO 3. Myrtle, MS (town, FIPS 50280) 4. Myrtle, WV |
Expressions using "myrtle": bay myrtle ♦ Bog myrtle ♦ common myrtle ♦ Crape myrtle ♦ crepe myrtle ♦ Dutch myrtle ♦ Myrtle Beach ♦ myrtle beech ♦ myrtle bird ♦ Myrtle Creek ♦ myrtle family ♦ myrtle flag ♦ Myrtle Grove ♦ myrtle oak ♦ Myrtle Point ♦ myrtle spurge ♦ Myrtle warbler ♦ Myrtle wax ♦ North Myrtle Beach ♦ Oregon myrtle ♦ Queen's crape myrtle ♦ sand myrtle ♦ wax myrtle. Additional references. | |
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "myrtle": myrtle-wax. | |
Ending with "myrtle": bog-myrtle. | |
Containing "myrtle": wax-myrtle family. | |
| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "myrtle"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | Mërsinë. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | الآس نبات عطري. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | Мирта. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 长春花. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | Myrta. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | myrte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | mirte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | myrtti. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | myrte commun, Myrte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Myrte. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | όυρσίνη, όυρτιά, μυρτιά (periwinkle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ִ"ס", ִ"ס, ׂץ ׂבות. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | Mirtusz. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | Mirto (myrthle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 百日紅 (crape myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | さるすべり (crape myrtle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | myrtyl. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | yrtlemay murta, mirto. (various references) Mirt. (various references) Мирт. (various references) roid (a race before a leap, bog myrtle, bogmyrtle, short race, such as that before a leap). (various references) mirta. (various references) Mirto. (various references) Myrten. (various references) "อกเมอเทิล. (various references) Mersin. (various references) Мирт. (various references) myrtwydden. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Sumerian | 3100 BCE-2500 BCE | asa. (various references) |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | myrti, myrtino, myrtum, Myrtus communis. (various references) |
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| Language | Date | Source | Isaiah Chapter 41, Verse 19 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Qhsw eiV thn anudron ghn kedron kai puxon kai mursinhn kai kuparisson kai leukhn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Dabo in solitudine cedrum et spinam et myrtum et lignum olivae ponam in deserto abietem ulmum et buxum simul |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | I shal yyue in wildernesse ceder, and thorne, and myrt tree, and oliue tree; I shal sette in desert fyrr tree, and vlm tree, and box togidere. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and the oil tree; I will set in the desert the fir tree, and the pine, and the box tree together: |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah-tree, and the myrtle, and the oil-tree; I will set in the desert the fir-tree, the pine, and the box-tree together: |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | I will put in the waste land the cedar, the acacia, the myrtle, and the olive-tree; and in the lowland will be planted the fir-tree, the plane, and the cypress together: |
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| Language | Isaiah Chapter 41, Verse 19 |
| Cebuano | Ako magabutang sa kamingawan sa cedro, sa acacia, ug sa arrayan, ug sa oliva; ibutang ko sa kamingawan ang hayas, ang olmos, ug ang alamos nga magtipon. |
| Croatian | Posadit æu u pustinji cedar, bagrem, mirtu i maslinu. Stepu æu pošumiti èempresom, brijestom i šimširom zajedno. |
| Danish | I Ørkenen giver jeg Cedre, Akacier, Myrter, Oliven; i Ødemark sætter jeg Cypresser tillige med Elm og Gran, |
| Dutch | Ik zal in de woestijn den cederboom, den sittimboom, en den mirteboom, en den olieachtigen boom zetten; Ik zal in de wildernis stellen den denneboom, den beuk, en den busboom te gelijk; |
| Finnish | Minä kasvatan erämaahan setripuita, akasioita, myrttejä ja öljypuita; minä istutan arolle kypressejä, jalavia ynnä hopeakuusia, |
| French | Je mettrai dans le désert le cèdre, l`acacia, Le myrte et l`olivier; Je mettrai dans les lieux stériles Le cyprès, l`orme et le buis, tous ensemble; |
| German | ich will in der Wüste geben Zedern, Akazien, Myrten und Kiefern; ich will dem Gefilde geben Tannen, Buchen und Buchsbaum miteinander, |
| Hungarian | A pusztában czédrust, akáczot nevelek és mirtust és olajfát, plántálok a kietlenben cziprust, platánt, sudarczédrussal együtt, |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Padang gurun akan Kutanami pohon cemara, pohon zaitun, pohon murad dan pohon akasia. Padang belantara akan Kujadikan hutan, hutan eru, berangan dan cemara. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Di padang belantara akan Kutanam pohon araz dan pohon sitim dan pohon murd dan pohon zait; di tempat sunyi akan Kutaruh pohon senobar dan pohon dardar dan pohon syamsyad bersama-sama; |
| Maori | Ka whakatokia e ahau te koraha ki te hita, ki te kowhai, ki te ramarama, ki te rakau hinu; ka tu i ahau te kauri ki te titohea, te rimu, ratou tahi ano ko te ake. |
| Norwegian | Jeg vil la sedrer, akasier, myrter og oljetrær vokse frem i ørkenen; jeg vil la cypress, lønn og buksbom sammen gro på den øde mark, |
| Portuguese | Plantarei no deserto o cedro, a acácia, a murta, e a oliveira; e porei no ermo juntamente a faia, o olmeiro e o buxo; |
| Rumanian | voi sqdi cedri, salckmi, miryi wi mqslini kn pustie; voi pune chiparowi, ulmi, wi meriwori turcewti la un loc kn pustie, |
| Russian | ПУБЦХ Ч ХУФЩОЕ ЛЕ"Т, УЙФФЙН Й НЙТФХ Й НБУМЙОХ; ОБУБЦХ Ч УФЕ Й ЛЙ БТЙУ, СЧПТ Й 'ХЛ ЧНЕУФЕ, |
| Swedish | Och jag skall låta cedrar och akacieträd växa upp i öknen jämte myrten och olivträd och skall på hedmarken plantera cypress tillsammans med alm och buxbom, |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "myrtle": myrtles. (additional references) | |
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"Myrtle" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: martle, Martley, Mertel, Mertle, Mierle, mirtl, mitle, mrytle, murtle, Myril, Myrtillo, mytl, mytle, yrtle. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "myrtle" (pronounced mer"tul) |
| 4 | -er" t u l | fertile, hurtle, infertile, turtle. |
| 3 | -t u l | accidental, acquittal, anecdotal, artiodactyl, battle, beetle, belittle, betel, bicoastal, bottle, brattle, Bristol, brittle, brutal, butyl, Cantle, capital, Capitol, cattle, chattel, chortle, coastal, coincidental, committal, compartmental, congenital, consonantal, continental, crustal, crystal, dental, detrimental, developmental, digital, disgruntle, dismantle, distal, ductile, elemental, embattle, entitle, environmental, experimental, extramarital, fatal, fetal, fractal, frontal, fundamental, futile, genital, gentle, glottal, governmental, horizontal, hospital, hostel, hostile, immortal, immotile, incidental, incremental, infantile, instrumental, intercontinental, intergovernmental, judgmental, kettle, Kittel, Kittle, lentil, lintel, little, mantel, mantle, marital, mental, metal, mettle, monumental, mortal, motile, Natal, neonatal, nettle, noncommittal, nonfatal, nongovernmental, nonvolatile, occidental, occipital, orbital, oriental, ornamental, parental, parietal, pedestal, periodontal, petal, Pistil, pistol, pivotal, portal, postal, postnatal, Pottle, prattle, prefrontal, premarital, prenatal, projectile, quintal, rattle, rebuttal, recital, rectal, regimental, rental, resettle, scuttle, sentimental, settle, shuttle, skeletal, skittle, societal, spittle, startle, subtitle, subtle, supplemental, tactile, tattle, temperamental, throttle, title, tittle, tootle, total, transcendental, transcontinental, transmittal, unsentimental, unsettle, unsubtle, varietal, vegetal, versatile, vestal, vital, vittle, volatile, Whittle, Wintle. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: termly. | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-m-r-t-y" | |
-2 letters: elmy, lyre, melt, merl, rely, term, trey, tyer, tyre, ylem. | |
-3 letters: elm, let, ley, lye, mel, met, rem, ret, rye, tel, try, tye, yet. | |
-4 letters: el, em, er, et, me, my, re, ye. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-l-m-r-t-y" | |
+1 letter: elytrum, myrtles, trembly. | |
+2 letters: masterly, maturely, motherly, motleyer, remotely, smeltery. | |
+3 letters: allometry, altimetry, extremely, hemelytra, lysimeter, metrology, multiyear, telemetry, thermally. | |
+4 letters: alimentary, coulometry, cyclometer, elementary, hemelytron, immaturely, lysimeters, lysimetric, malapertly, materially, maternally, metallurgy, methylator, metrically, minstrelsy, moderately, monetarily, motorcycle, muliebrity, multilayer, mythologer, plyometric, poultrymen, protoxylem, temporally, terminably, terminally, terpolymer, tiresomely, tomfoolery. | |
+5 letters: alkalimetry, blameworthy, calorimetry, colorimetry, cyclometers, declamatory, dermatology, dilatometry, erythrismal, eurythermal, exclamatory, exemplarity, filamentary, fluorimetry, fluorometry, formatively, heartsomely, hypothermal, imperfectly, importunely, imprudently, interfamily, maledictory, masterfully, materiality, mayoralties, meteorology, methylators, mirthlessly, momentarily, motorcycled, motorcycles, multiplayer, myoelectric, mythologers, normatively, permanently, plyometrics, polarimetry, prematurely, primitively, prominently, proselytism, protoxylems, proximately, symmetrical, temperately, temporality, temporarily, terminology, terpolymers, thermically, tremulously. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 79 72 74 6C 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- -.--. .-. - .-.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01111001 01110010 01110100 01101100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M y r t l e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0079 0072 0074 006C 0065 |
| 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)479184867871 |
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