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READY-WITTED

Definition: READY-WITTED

READY-WITTED

Adjective

1. Having ready wit.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "READY-WITTED" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references)

Synonym: READY-WITTED

Synonym: Adroit. (additional references)

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Modern Translations: READY-WITTED

Language Translations for "READY-WITTED"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Albanian

  

i zgjuar (apt, artful, astir, awake, awaken, bright, cagey, cagy, clever, exalted, ingenious, intelligent, nimble, quick, quick-witted, reasonable, responsible, sagacious, sharp, sharp-witted, sleepless, smart, wakeful, waking). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

остроумен (ingenious, patent, salt, salty, smart, witty), находчив (adroit, clever, ingenious, inventive, mercurial, quick-witted, resourceful, shifty, smart). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

sukkelaälyinen. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

gyors észjárású (keen-witted, nimble-minded, nimble-witted, quick-witted). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

eady-wittedray.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

de espírito penetrante (keep, quick-witted). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

prompt (nimble, nimbly, Pat, prompt, promptly, quick, quickly, readily, ready, smartly, speedy, swift, unhesitating), perspicace (acute, argute, perspicacious, perspicaciously, sagacious, shrewd, understanding), ager la minte (quick-witted, sharp-witted). (various references)

   

Russian 

  

полуфабрикаты (semi-manufactured goods, semimanufactures). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

promoćuran. (various references)

   

Spanish

  

acertado (ably, adroit, apposite, clever, correct, expert, felicitously, right, sensible, skiful, skillful, sound, wise). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

kvicktänkt (nimble-witted, quick-witted). (various references)

   

Ukranian 

  

кмітливий (acute, alert, apprehensive, clever, cute, dexterous, grasping, intelligent, nimble, nimble-witted, quick, sagacious), винахідливий (adroit, apposite, daedal, dedal, ingenious, inventive, nimble, quick-witted, resourceful, shifty). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "READY-WITTED"

Words rhyming with "READY-WITTED" (pronounced 'Read"y-wit`ted'): Absinthiated, Acetated, Aculeated, Adfiliated, Adnubilated, Affectionated, After-witted, Aluminated, Alveated, Ammoniated, Annodated, Anserated, Antimoniated, Antiquated, Aquilated, Ariled, Arillate, Arllated, Asteriated, Beef-witted, Bird-witted, Blunt-witted, Brecciated, Calceated, Calculated, Camisated, Cancellated, Cannulated, Carbonated, Casemated, Castellated, Cellulated, Cinque-spotted, Clavellated, Contourniated, Convoluted, Cravatted, Decucuminated, Dentilated, Disconsolated, Dull-witted, Eye-spotted, Ferruginated, Fibrillated, Figurated, Flammulated, Floriated, Fluorated, Folliculated, Foraminated, Foveolated, half-witted, hyphenated, Inanimated, Inarticulated, Incastellated, Incavated, Inclavated, Incommunicated, Incultivated, Indeliberated, Infabricated, Intaminated, Interlaminated, Interminated, Intolerated, Intumulated, Invertebrated, Iridiated, Irisated, Jasperated, Labiated, Lean-witted, Machicolated, Maculated, Mamillated, Marginated, Maritated, methylated, Misappreciated, Monociliated, Muriated, nebulated, Nonnucleated, Nucleated, Nucleolated, Octoradiated, Opiated, Opinionated, Ossiculated, Oxidulated, Pandiculated, Patibulated, Pinnulated, Pock-pitted, Preconsolidated, Pulmonated, Putrifacted, Quick-witted, Rejuvenated, Resupinated, Sacculated, Sagittated, Self-annihilated, self-educated, Self-regulated, Semiindurated, Semioxygenated, Serricated, Sharp-witted, Siderated, Sigillated, Silicated, Siphunculated, slow-witted, Sodden-witted, Stibiated, Stiriated, Strangulated, Superacidulated, Suturated, Tarantulated, Tartarated, Tartrated, trabeated, Trifasciated, Trimaculated, Tubulated, Unappropriated, Undersaturated, Underwitted, undifferentiated, Unicarinated, Uninucleated, Uniradiated, Unliquidated, Unoperculated, Unoriginated, unsaturated, Unvitiated, vacuolated. (additional references)

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Anagrams: READY-WITTED

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-i-r-t-t-w-y"

-2 letters: tidewater.

-3 letters: deratted, iterated, yattered.

-4 letters: ariette, attired, deaired, derated, dewater, dietary, dratted, ideated, iterate, readied, redated, tarweed, tideway, treaded, treated, watered, wearied.

-5 letters: aeried, airted, attire, darted, dawted, dawtie, deader, dearie, derate, deride, dewier, dieted, dieter, drawee, drayed, eatery, edited, ideate, raided, ratite, ratted, redate, rediae, redyed, reedit, retied, retted, tarted, tawdry, teared, teated, tedder, tetrad, tiered, tirade, traded, treaty, tweedy, wadder, waddie, waired, waited, waiter, warded, warted, watery, watter, wedder, weirdy, wetted, wetter, widder, witted, yarded, yatter, yttria.

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

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Alternative Orthography: READY-WITTED


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

52 45 41 44 59 2D 57 49 54 54 45 44

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

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

01010010 01000101 01000001 01000100 01011001 00101101 01010111 01001001 01010100 01010100 01000101 01000100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#69 &#65 &#68 &#89 &#45 &#87 &#73 &#84 &#84 &#69 &#68

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 0045 0041 0044 0059 002D 0057 0049 0054 0054 0045 0044

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

523935385915574354543938

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INDEX

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


  

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