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Definition: PROSOPOLEPSY |
PROSOPOLEPSYNoun1. Respect of persons; especially, a premature opinion or prejudice against a person, formed from his external appearance. |
Etymology: Prosopolepsy \Pros`o*po*lep"sy\, noun. [expression of Greek origin; pro`swpon face, person taking, receiving, to take.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Words rhyming with "PROSOPOLEPSY" (pronounced 'Pros`o*po*lep"sy'): Achromatopsy, Apepsy, Clumsy, Eclampsy, gassy, Gipsy, Leasy, Madegassy, Misy, Mucksy, Photopsy, Posy, Pursy, Queasy, Quinsy, Slimsy, Squinsy, tansy, tipsy, tricksy, Unsonsy, Weasy. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-l-o-o-o-p-p-p-r-s-s-y" | |
-3 letters: polypores. | |
-4 letters: oospores, opposers, polypore, proposes. | |
-5 letters: leprosy, loopers, loppers, oospore, opposer, opposes, oppress, ospreys, plessor, poppers, popples, propels, propose, propyls, pyropes, slopers, splores. | |
| 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 52 4F 53 4F 50 4F 4C 45 50 53 59 |
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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 01010010 01001111 01010011 01001111 01010000 01001111 01001100 01000101 01010000 01010011 01011001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P R O S O P O L E P S Y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0052 004F 0053 004F 0050 004F 004C 0045 0050 0053 0059 |
| 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)505249534950494639505359 |
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