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RAMMISH

Definition: RAMMISH

RAMMISH

Adjective

1. Like a ram; hence, rank; lascivious.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "RAMMISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)



Specialty Definitions: RAMMISH

DomainDefinitions

Slang in 1811

RAMMISH. Rank. Rammish woman; a sturdy virago. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue.

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

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Crosswords: RAMMISH

English words defined with "RAMMISH": Rammishness, Rammy. (references)

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Modern Translations: RAMMISH

Language Translations for "RAMMISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

që ka erë të keqe, i poshtër (beggarly, blackguardly, caitiff, dastardly, dirt, ignoble, infamous, mean, miscreant, nasty, nefarious, picayune, scoundrelly, scurvy, sneaking, sneaky). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

вонящ (foxy, odoriferous, rank, smelling, smelly, stank, stinking), овнешки (mutton). (various references)

   

Czech

  

chlípný (lecherous, prurient, Randy, ruttish, salacious), beranovitý. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

erõs szagú. (various references)

   

Manx

  

rahagh (strong-scented, strong-tasting). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ammishray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

libidinoso (concupiscent, goatish, high-sounding, lewd, libidinous, obscene, satyr, sensual, voluptuous), fétido (feculent, fetid, fetish, foetus, malodorous, malodorousness, noisome, putrescent, rank, unsavory, unsavoury), enjoativo (sickening), com cheiro desagradável. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

похотливый (concupiscent, fulsome, goatish, lascivious, lewd, lickerish, lubricous, lustful, prurient, randy, salacious), дурно пахнущий (nosey, nosy). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

pohotljiv (concupiscent, fleshly, goatish, goaty, lascivious, lecherous, libidinous, lustful, lusty, prurient, randy, salacious, voluptuous), drčan. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

arrecho. (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kättjefull. (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

вонючий (noisome), похітливий (concupiscent, lustful, prurient, salacious, warm). (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

hôi (malodorous, strong), có mùi dê đực. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "RAMMISH"

Words rhyming with "RAMMISH" (pronounced 'Ram"mish'): Mawmish. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RAMMISH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

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

-1 letter: ihrams, marish.

-2 letters: amirs, hairs, harms, ihram, imams, maims, mairs, marsh, miasm, simar, smarm.

-3 letters: aims, airs, amir, amis, arms, hair, hams, harm, imam, maim, mair, mars, mash, mirs, rami, rams, rash, rias, rims, sari, sham, shim, shri, sima.

-4 letters: aim, air, ais, ami, arm, ars, ash, ham, has, him, his, hmm, ism, mar, mas, mim, mir, mis, rah, ram, ras, ria, rim, sha, sim, sir, sri.

-5 letters: ah, ai, am, ar, as, ha, hi, hm, is, ma, mi, mm, sh, si.

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

+2 letters: midrashim.

 

+3 letters: chimaerism, harmoniums, monarchism, rheumatism.

 

+4 letters: achromatism, amphimacers, chimaerisms, mimeographs, monarchisms, rheumatisms.

 

+5 letters: achromatisms, allomorphism, automorphism, chambermaids, chromaticism, dichromatism, marksmanship, metamorphism, ninnyhammers, triumphalism.

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

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Alternative Orthography: RAMMISH


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

52 41 4D 4D 49 53 48

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)

.-.    .-    --    --    ..    ...    ....

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

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

01010010 01000001 01001101 01001101 01001001 01010011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

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

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0041 004D 004D 0049 0053 0048

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

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

52354747435342

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Translations: Modern
4. Rhymes
5. Anagrams
6. Orthography
7. Bibliography


  

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