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Definition: Parson |
ParsonNoun1. A person authorized to conduct religious worship. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "parson" was first used: 1197. (references) |
Etymology: Parson \Par"son\, noun. [from Old English expression persone person, parson, Old French persone, French personne person, Late Latin expression persona (sc. ecclesiae), from the Latin expression persona person. See Person.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Parson says Blackstone, is "persona ecclesiae, one that hath full rights of the parochial church." (See Clerical Titles.) "Among wyves and wodewes ich am ywoned sute [wont to set], Yparroked [impaled] in puwes. The person hit knoweth." Robert Langland: Piers Plowmes Vision. "God give you good morrow, master, person" (i.e. Sir Nathaniel, a parson).- Shakespeare: Love's Labour's Lost, iv. 2. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | PARSON. A guide post, hand or finger post by the road side for directing travellers: compared to a parson, because, like him, it sets people in the right way. See GUIDE POST. He that would have luck in horse-flesh, must kiss a parson's wife. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
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Synonyms: ParsonSynonyms: curate (n), minister (n), pastor (n), rector (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Clergy | Dignitaries of the church; ecclesiarch, hierarch; ebdomarius; eminence, reverence, elder, primate, metropolitan, archbishop, bishop, prelate, diocesan, suffragan, dean, subdean, archdeacon, prebendary, canon, rural dean, rector, parson, vicar, perpetual curate, residentiary, beneficiary, incumbent, chaplain, curate; deacon, deaconess; preacher, reader, lecturer; capitular; missionary, propagandist, Jesuit, revivalist, field preacher. |
Pain | Intolerable, insufferable, insupportable; unbearable, unendurable; past bearing; not to be borne, not to be endured; more than flesh and blood can bear; enough to drive one mad, enough to provoke a saint, enough to make a parson swear, enough to gag a maggot. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Parson |
| English words defined with "parson": domine, dominee, dominie, dominus ♦ Fleet parson ♦ mumbling, muttering ♦ Parson bird, parsonage, Parsoned, Parsonical, Parsonish, Poebird ♦ Real composition, rectory ♦ Tue ♦ vicarage. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "parson": AUTEM BAWLER ♦ BLACK FLY, BODY OF DIVINITY BOUND IN BLACK CALF ♦ Commons in Gross, Contemptible, Contemptuous ♦ DEVIL CATCHER, DEVIL DRIVER, DRIVER ♦ Epitaph ♦ GREY PARSON ♦ HOMILETICS ♦ IMPOSITION ♦ JACK AT A PINCH ♦ LEVITE ♦ MacPherson, MESS JOHN ♦ OBSTROPULOUS ♦ PARISH BULL, Parson Adams, Parson Bate, Parson Trulliber, POSTILION OF THE GOSPEL, PUDDING SLEEVES, PUZZLE-TEXT ♦ REMEMBER PARSON MELHAM ♦ SHOD ALL ROUND, SLABBERING BIB, SNUB DEVIL, SOUL DOCTOR, SPIRITUAL FLESH BROKER, SPOIL PUDDING ♦ TICKLE TEXT, To PINCH ON THE PARSON'S SIDE, TRAVELLING PIQUET, TUB THUMPER ♦ UNGRATEFUL MAN ♦ WET PARSON. (references) |
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Screenplays | Welcome to Hell, Parson! (Paint Your Wagon; writing credit: Paddy Chayefsky and Alan Jay Lerner. Based on the play by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Parson and the Outlaw (1957) Brandy for the Parson (1952) The Parson of Panamint (1941) An Accidental Parson (1915) The Parson of Pine Mountain (1915) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit |  | Rev. H.P. Wright, principal chaplain to the forces in the Crimea & Reverend Messieurs Wallace, Sykes, Parson, H.A. Taylor, Boudier, Parker, Preston & Crozier.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| Author | Quotation |
William Cowper | The parson knows enough who knows a Duke. |
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| Author | Date | Quotation |
Communist Manifesto | 1848 | As the parson has ever gone band in hand with the landlord, so has Clerical Socialism with Feudal Socialism. (reference) |
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Walden | Thoreau, Henry David | In some countries a hunting parson is no uncommon sight. |
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Economic History | Oman | It has recruited a consortium international consultants including U.S. Parson and Arthur Andersen to set up a development plan for the sector. (references) |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | EPITAPH, n. An inscription on a tomb, showing that virtues acquired by death have a retroactive effect. Following is a touching example: Here lie the bones of Parson Platt, Wise, pious, humble and all that, Who showed us life as all should live it; Let that be said -- and God forgive it! |
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| "Parson" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 76.79% of the time. "Parson" is used about 237 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 (singular) | 76.79% | 182 | 22,870 |
| Noun (proper) | 23.21% | 55 | 45,713 |
| Total | 100.00% | 237 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "parson" 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 |
| Parson | Last name | 7,000 | 1,857 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
Expressions using "parson": enough to make a parson swear ♦ Fleet parson ♦ parson bird. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "parson": country-parson. | |
| 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 |
parson | 549 |
karyn parson | 365 |
parson chair | 280 |
parson school of design | 228 |
parson kansas | 203 |
parson technology | 190 |
alan parson | 148 |
gram parson | 115 |
parson sun | 99 |
parson brinckerhoff | 89 |
brinkerhoff parson | 82 |
talcott parson | 73 |
engineering parson | 55 |
parson college | 50 |
parson west virginia | 50 |
parson russell terrier | 37 |
tony parson | 35 |
parson table | 35 |
squire parson | 34 |
consulting parson | 31 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "parson"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pastor (minister, pastor, Shepherd), famulltar, famullitar (rector, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | كاهن (cassock, clergyman, clerical, cohen, ecclesiastic, minister, presbyter, priest, rector, reverend, vicar), قسيس بروتستانتي. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | свещеник (camister, cassock, chaplain, clergyman, dominie, minister, pastor, presbyter, priest, secular, sky pilot, vicar), енорийски свещеник (incumbent), пастор (clergyman, minister, pastor, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 牧師 (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, pastor, priest, rector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | pastor (pastor), knìz (priest), farář (vicar), duchovní (clergyman, divine, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, intellectual, sacred, spiritual). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | gordelgrasvink (black-throated finch, Parson finch), gordelamadine (black-throated finch, Parson finch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | کشیش بخش (Rector, Vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | pastori (minister, pastor, Rev), kirkkoherra (rector, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | prêtre (pastor), pasteur (pastor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | pastor (clergyman, minister, pastor, priest, vicar), pfarrer (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, father, minister, padre, parish priest, parsons, pastor, priest, rector, rectorship, Reverend, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ιερεύσ (pastor, priest, skypilot), παπάσ (padre, priest, tongs), εφημέριοσ (chaplain, curare, ephemeral, rector, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | כו"ן (minister, priest, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | plébános (curate-in-charge, incumbent, parish priest, rector, vicar), pap (clergyman, cleric, clerical, clerk, clerk in holy orders, ecclesiastic, minister, officiating minister, Poppa, prelate, priest, rector, rev.), lelkész (chaplain, churchman, clergyman, clerical, clerk, clerk in holy orders, curate-in-charge, divine, minister, pastor, priest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | pendeta (clergyman, pastor, reverend). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | prete (clergyman, padre, pastor, priest), pastore (herd, herder, herdsman, minister, musterer, pastor, Shepherd, stockman, vicar), parroco (minister, pastor, rector). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | saggyrt (churchman, clergyman, clerk holy orders; lesser black backed gull; grey gurnard, clerk; lesser black backed gull; grey gurnard, padre, priest, vicar). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | arsonpay pastor (herd, herder, herdsman, minister, musterer, pastor, shepherd), vigário (pastor, swindle, vicar), sacerdote (clergyman, divine, father, obedientiary, officer, pastor, priest, votary), eclesiástico (canonic, canonical, churchman, clergyman, cleric, clerical, clericalist, clerk, ecclesiastic, ecclesiastical, priest, priestly), cura (cure, curing, drying, healing, maturing, pastor, priestess, recovery, repair, restoration, seasoning, vicar), cherivia. (various references) preot (Canon, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, curate, devil-dodger, divine, father, incumbent, minister, padre, pastor, pope, preacher, prelate, presbyter, priest, rector, Reverend, rook, vicar), popã, pastor (pastor, rector), paroh (vicar). (various references) священник (celebrant, chaplain, circuit rider, clergyman, dominie, jack-priest, josser, minister, officiant, ordinary, prelate, presbyter, priest, sky pilot, the Reverend gentleman), пастор (pastor, rector). (various references) pastor (dominie, pastor, rector), paroh (curate, parishioner, priest, vicar). (various references) párroco (parish priest, rector, vicar), sacerdote (churchman, deacon, pilot, priest, sky pilot), cura (churchman, clergyman, curate, cure, dominie, josser, medication, pastor, priest, Reverend, treatment, vicar). (various references) präst (clergyman, cleric, divine, ecclesiastic, jack-priest, minister, padre, pastor, priest, priestling, Reverend, vicar), pastor (chaplain, pastor), kyrkoherde (pastor, rector, vicar). (various references) papaz (celebrant, chaplain, clergyman, cleric, clerk in holy orders, dominie, father, hiero-, josser, king, minister, monk, parish, pastor, priest, shaveling, sky pilot), rahip (clergy, clergyman, cleric, clerk in holy orders, divine, dominie, magus, monk, priest, sky pilot). (various references) священик (cassock, chaplain, clergyman, curate, deacon, divine, josser, minister, pope, prelate, priest), пастир. (various references) person (clergyman, person). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Poephila cincta cincta. (various references) |
| Medieval Latin | 700-1500 | persona. (various references) |
| Old French | 900-1400 | persone. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Date | Source | 1 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | TouV de exw o qeoV krinei kai exareite ton ponhron ex umwn autwn |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Nam eos qui foris sunt Deus iudicabit auferte malum ex vobis ipsis |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | For God schal deme hem that ben withouten forth. Do ye awei yuel fro you silf. |
| Renaissance English | 1526 | Tyndale | Them that are with out God shall iudge. Put awaye from amonge you that evyll parson. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | But them that are without God judgeth. Therefore put away from among yourselves that wicked person. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | As for those who are outside, God is their judge. So put away the evil man from among you. |
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| Language | 1 Corinthians Chapter 5, Verse 13 |
| Bulgarian | "аже, преди всичко, е голям недостатък у вас гдето имате тъжби помежду си. Защо по-добре не оставате онеправдани? защо по-добре не бъдете ограбени? |
| Cebuano | Ang Dios mao ang magahukom kanila nga mga taga-gawas. Palagputa gikan sa inyong taliwala kanang tawong dautan. |
| Chinese | 至 於 外 人 有 神 審 判 他 們 ． 們 應 當 把 那 惡 人 從 們 中 " 趕 出 去 。 |
| Croatian | A one vani sudit æe Bog. Iskorijenite opakoga iz svoje sredine. |
| Danish | Men dem udenfor skal Gud dømme.Bortskaffer den onde fra eder selv! |
| Dutch | Maar die buiten zijn oordeelt God. En doet gij dezen boze uit ulieden weg. |
| Finnish | Mutta ulkopuolella olevat tuomitsee Jumala. "Poistakaa keskuudestanne se, joka on paha." |
| French | Pour ceux du dehors, Dieu les juge. Otez le méchant du milieu de vous. |
| German | Gott aber wird, die draußen sind, richten. Tut von euch selbst hinaus, wer da böse ist. |
| Haitian Creole | Men, èske se pa devwa nou pou n' jije moun ki anndan yo, moun ki ansanm avè n' yo? Tankou yo di l' nan Liv la: Wete mechan an nan mitan nou. |
| Hungarian | A kívülvalókat pedig majd az Isten ítéli meg. Vessétek ki azért a gonoszt magatok közül. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | (5:12) |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Tetapi orang luar itu, Allah yang menghakimkan. Maka jauhkanlah orang yang jahat itu dari antara kamu. |
| Italian | Quelli di fuori li giudicher Dio. Togliete il malvagio di mezzo a voi! |
| Korean | 외 인 " 은 하 나 님 이 판 단 하 시 니 와 이 악 한 사 람 은 너 희 중 에 서 내 어 " 으 라 |
| Latvian | Jo tos, kas ârpusç, tiesâs Dievs. Jûs novçrsiet ïaunumu no sevis paðiem! |
| Maori | A ko te hunga o waho ma te Atua ratou e whakawa? Na motuhia atu taua tangata kino i roto i a koutou. |
| Modern Greek | Τους δε εξω ο Θεος θελει κρινει. Οθεν εκβαλετε τον κακον εκ μεσου υμων. |
| Norwegian | men dem som er utenfor, skal Gud dømme. Støt da den onde ut fra eder! |
| Portuguese | Mas Deus julga os que estão de fora. Tirai esse iníquo do meio de vós. |
| Rumanian | Ckt despre cei de afarq, ki judecq Dumnezeu. Dayi afarq dar din mijlocul vostru pe rqul acela. |
| Russian | чОЕЫОЙИ ЦЕ УХ"ЙФ вПЗ. йФБЛ, ЙЪЧЕТЗОЙФЕ ТБЪЧТБЭЕООПЗП ЙЪ УТЕ"Щ ЧБУ. |
| Shuar | Yus-shuarcha tunaari pachischatniuitjai. Yus Núnaka iistatui. Atumka antsu Atumíin Yus-shuar ainia nuna tunaari iistiniaitrume. Tuma asamtai nu shuar tunaarintin Atumíiya akankatarum. |
| Spanish | Pues a los que están afuera Dios los juzgará. Pero quitad al malvado de entre vosotros. |
| Swahili | Mfukuzeni mbali nanyi huyo mwovu! |
| Swedish | dem som äro utanför skall Gud döma. "I skolen driva ut ifrån eder den som är ond." |
| Thai | ส่วนคน ายนอกนั้นพระเจ้าจะทรงตั"สินลงโทษ เหตุฉะนั้นจงกำจั"คนชั่วช้านั้นออกจากพวกท่านเสียเถิ" |
| Ukrainian | А чужих судить Бог. Тож вилучіть лукавого з-поміж себе самих! |
| Uma | Ane tauna to bela-ra to Kristen, uma ria huraa-ku mpohuku' -ra. Alata'ala moto mpai' to mpohuku' -ra. Koi' moto kana mpohuku' ompi' hampepangalaa' -ni to masala'. Jadi', hewa to te'uki' rala Buku Tomoroli': "Popalai tauna to dada'a po'ingku-na ngkai laintongo' -ni," neo' -i nipiliu mogampara dohe-ni. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "parson": parsonage, parsonages, parsonic, parsons. (additional references) | |
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"Parson" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: farsan, garson, Harson, paison, Parasene, pargon, Parison, parnon, parone, parony, paroon, parsim, parsin, Parsona, parsonn, parton, Parvo, Pauson, Paxson, pereon, Peresson, perkon, peron, perosn, perron, persion, persn, persoun, Perzon, Peson, Pipson, Piron, pison, pisson, Pogson, Porson, Pranon, Prariond, prashna, prason, Prasong, Przno, Purslow, Upharsin. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "parson" (pronounced pÄ"rsun) |
| 5 | -Ä" r s u n | arson. |
| 3 | -s u n | aflatoxin, angiotensin, antitoxin, assassin, basin, bison, bolson, businessperson, capsaicin, chairperson, chasten, christen, claxon, comparison, congressperson, damson, delicatessen, diocesan, dioxin, Dobson, ensign, fasten, garrison, Gibson, glisten, hasten, Hyson, jettison, keelson, kelson, layperson, lessen, lesson, listen, loosen, Mason, medicine, moisten, myosin, Nelson, newsperson, oxen, oxytocin, person, rechristen, rhodopsin, salesperson, spokesperson, toxin, unison, venison, washbasin, weatherperson, worsen. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aprons. | |
| Words within the letters "a-n-o-p-r-s" | |
-1 letter: apron, arson, porns, praos, proas, roans, sapor, sonar. | |
-2 letters: naos, naps, oars, osar, pans, pars, pons, porn, prao, proa, pros, raps, rasp, roan, snap, soap, soar, sora, sorn, span, spar. | |
-3 letters: ars, asp, nap, nor, nos, oar, ons, ops, ora, ors, pan, par, pas, pro, ran, rap, ras, sap, son, sop, spa. | |
-4 letters: an, ar, as, na, no, on, op, or, os, pa, so. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-n-o-p-r-s" | |
+1 letter: orphans, pardons, parsons, partons, patrons, pawnors, persona, prolans, soprani, soprano, sporran, tarpons. | |
+2 letters: alphorns, anaphors, atropins, corpsman, crampons, harpoons, manropes, operands, operants, padrones, pandoors, pandoras, pandores, pandours, paragons, paronyms, parsonic, patroons, personae, personal, personas, plastron, polarons, poniards, probands, probangs, profanes, pronates, propanes, proteans, psoralen, pyranose, rampions, responsa, sopranos, spanworm, sporrans. | |
+3 letters: aepyornis, anaphoras, aspersion, atropines, canephors, caparison, caponiers, chaperons, coparents, copatrons, corposant, crampoons, croplands, dognapers, earphones, endocarps, expandors, layperson, manpowers, monocarps, overplans, panbroils, panoramas, paranoeas, paranoias, paranoics, paranoids, parazoans, pardoners, parsimony, parsonage, parvolins, pastoring, patentors, patroness, patronise, pauldrons, personage, personals, personate, pervasion, picaroons, pinafores, planforms, plastrons, pomanders, ponderosa, portances, preseason, procaines, profaners, prolamins, pronators, proscenia, prosimian, protamins, protistan, psoralens, pyranoses, raindrops, rainspout, sopranino, spanworms, sporangia, sporozoan, sportsman, supernova, supinator, tragopans, transport, transpose, trapuntos, upsoaring, vaporings. | |
+4 letters: abruptions, absorption, adsorption, aeroplanes, alpenhorns, anastrophe, anatropous, angiosperm, anisotropy, aphorising, apportions, ascription, aspersions, aspiration, caparisons, chaperones, comparison, conspiracy, copartners, corposants, davenports, dognappers, godparents, gyroplanes, harpooners, impersonal, inspirator, lampooners, laypersons, mascarpone, monographs, narcolepsy, neurospora, nomographs, nonaspirin, nonpareils, nonspeaker, notepapers, operations, orphanages, overplants, paintworks, paramounts, paranoiacs, parathions, paronymous, parsonages, partitions, patronages, patronised, patronises, patronizes, pensionary, personable, personages, personally, personalty, personated, personates, personator, persuasion, pervasions, phonograms, pickaroons, piperonals, polarising, ponderosas, porcelains, praenomens, predations, preordains, preseasons, presoaking, pretorians, privations, probations, prolactins, prolamines, prolapsing, promenades, pronations, pronatores, prorations, proseminar, prosimians, protamines, proteinase, protestant, protistans, protonates, protozoans, purgations, pyranoside, pyromanias, rainspouts, reappoints, saponifier, saprogenic, scorpaenid, separation, snapdragon, sonography, sopraninos, spongeware, sponsorial, sporangial, sporangium, sporogonia, sporozoans, stainproof, supernovae, supernovas, superwoman, supinators, syncarpous, syncopator, transpolar, transports, transposed, transposes, transposon, treponemas, unpastoral, usurpation, vaporising, waitperson, weaponries. | |
+5 letters: absorptance, absorptions, adsorptions, aepyornises, anastrophes, anemographs, angiosperms, anisotropic, anthropoids, antileprosy, antiprotons, antistrophe, aponeuroses, aponeurosis, apparitions, ascriptions, aspirations, brainpowers, campgrounds, caparisoned, ceratopsian, chairperson, comparisons, compensator, complainers, conspirator, coparceners, cornucopias, cotransport, desperation, euphoriants, expirations, foremanship, fortepianos, gramophones, granophyres, handyperson, hierophants, homopterans, houseparent, hydrophanes, hydroplanes, hypertonias, impersonate, importances, inspiration, inspirators, inspiratory, inspissator, iproniazids, mascarpones, metanephros, misanthrope, misanthropy, morphactins, nalorphines, nasopharynx, naturopaths, neurosporas, nonaspirins, nonpartisan, nonpersonal, nonprograms, nonspeakers, nulliparous, oarsmanship, operagoings, orphanhoods, overexpands, overpassing, palindromes, pantographs, paperbounds, paranormals, parenthoods, parishioner, paronomasia, parsimonies, paternoster, patrimonies, patronesses, patronising, patronymics, pawnbrokers, pennyroyals, pentamerous, permeations, perorations, personalise, personalism, personalist, personality, personalize, personating, personation, personative, personators, persuasions, phanerogams, phonographs, pianofortes, playgrounds, pollinators, polyandries, polyandrous, portamentos, postcranial, postmarking, praetorians, pratincoles, precautions, prefrontals, preinvasion, previsional, proconsular, procrustean, profaneness, profanities, prognathism, prognathous, programings, promenaders, propagandas, propellants, propionates, proseminars, prosobranch, prostrating, prostration, protagonist, protectants, proteinases, protestants, protohumans, provenances, provincials, provisional, provitamins, pteranodons, punchboards, punctuators, pyranosides, pyromancies, pyromaniacs, radiophones, rapscallion, reparations, reprobances, reputations, respiration, rhinoplasty, rhizoplanes, ropedancers, salesperson, saponifiers, scenography, scolopendra, scorpaenids, semaphoring, senatorship, separations, snapdragons, snapshooter, sonographer, spermagonia, spongewares, sportsmanly, sportswoman, sporulating, sporulation, springboard, stenography, superabound, supernation, supernormal, superweapon, suppuration, suspiration, syncopators, trampolines, transponder, transported, transportee, transporter, transposing, transposons, trypanosome, tryptophans, usurpations, vasopressin, vibraphones, waitpersons, womanpowers, workmanship, wraparounds. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 61 72 73 6F 6E |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in 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)01010000 01100001 01110010 01110011 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P a r s o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0061 0072 0073 006F 006E |
| 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)506784858180 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Usage Frequency | 13. Names: Frequency 14. Expressions 15. Expressions: Internet 16. Translations: Modern | 17. Translations: Ancient 18. Bible Trace 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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