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OBOLE

Definition: OBOLE

OBOLE

Noun

1. A weight of twelve grains; or, according to some, of ten grains, or half a scruple.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "OBOLE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1844. (references)

Etymology: Obole \Ob"ole\, noun. [Compare to French expression obole. See Obolus.]. (Websters 1913)


Crosswords: OBOLE

Non-English Usage: "OBOLE" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses.

French (mite, obol, small contribution).

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Derivations: OBOLE

Derivations

Words beginning with "OBOLE": oboles. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "OBOLE"

Words rhyming with "OBOLE" (pronounced 'Ob"ole'): Azole, Citole, Viole. (additional references)

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Anagrams: OBOLE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "b-e-l-o-o"

-1 letter: bole, bolo, lobe, lobo, oboe, obol, oleo.

-2 letters: bel, boo, lob, loo, obe, ole.

-3 letters: be, bo, el, lo, oe.

 Words containing the letters "b-e-l-o-o"
 

+1 letter: befool, blooey, blooie, bolero, boodle, oboles.

 

+2 letters: beblood, befools, begloom, blooded, bloomed, bloomer, blooped, blooper, boleros, boloney, boodled, boodler, boodles, booklet, boomlet, bootleg, borneol, globose, loobies, rebloom.

 

+3 letters: bebloods, befooled, beglooms, bloodied, bloodier, bloodies, bloodred, bloomers, bloomery, bloomier, bloopers, blowhole, bluebook, bluewood, bolloxed, bolloxes, boloneys, bolthole, boltrope, boodlers, bookable, booklets, booklice, booklore, boomlets, bootable, bootlace, bootlegs, bootless, bordello, borecole, borehole, borneols, brooklet, caboodle, conglobe, cookable, doblones, doorbell, lobulose, obsolete, obvolute, overblow, overboil, overbold, reblooms, tabooley.

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

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Alternative Orthography: OBOLE


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

4F 42 4F 4C 45

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)

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