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RODY

Definition: RODY

RODY

Adjective

1. Ruddy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "RODY" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1916. (references)

Note: Rody \Ro"dy\, adjective. Ruddy. [obsolete]. (Websters 1913)


Commercial Usage: RODY

DomainTitle

Books

  • Dvorianskie rody Rossiiskoi imperii (reference)

  • Kids alias Haloween (part 1 of the holiday series) Rody : a play (reference)

  • Krakowskie rody (reference)

  • Najstarsze rody piaseckich mieszczan (reference)

  • Polskie rody szlacheckie : kto jest kim dzis (reference)

    (more book examples)

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

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Photo Album: RODY

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Andrei Petrov Kalganov. Byvshii master zavoda. Na sluzhbie byl 55 liet, ot rody 72 g. Imiel schastie podnosit' khlieb-sol' Ego Imperatorskomu Velichestvu Gosudariu Imperatoru Nikolaiu II. [Zlatoust]. Credit: Library of Congress.

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

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Use in Literature: RODY

TitleAuthorQuote

Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man

Joyce, James

Rody Kickham was a decent fellow but Nasty Roche was a stink.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Name Usage Frequency: RODY

The following table summarizes the usage of "RODY" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified.
NameUsage/GenderUsage per 100
million Persons
Rank in USA
RodyLast name13060,744
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Expression: RODY

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "RODY": rody-yev.

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

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: RODY

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

rody

24

rody roem

2
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations: RODY

Derivations

Words ending with "RODY": corody, corrody, grody, parody. (additional references)

Words containing "RODY": aerodynamic, aerodynamical, aerodynamically, aerodynamicist, aerodynamicists, aerodynamics, aerodyne, aerodynes, electrodynamic, electrodynamics, electrodynamometer, electrodynamometers, heterodyne, heterodyned, heterodynes, heterodyning, hydrodynamic, hydrodynamical, hydrodynamically, hydrodynamicist, hydrodynamicists, hydrodynamics, magnetohydrodynamic, magnetohydrodynamics, parodying, superheterodyne, superheterodynes. (additional references)

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

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Rhyming with "RODY"

Words rhyming with "RODY" (pronounced 'Ro"dy'): Bendy, BRANDY, Cloddy, Coddymoddy, Crowdy, Daddy, Dandy, findy, Hendy, howdy, Maundy, middy, Milady, Neddy, noddy, Overhardy, Pandowdy, Predy, Quandy, rowdy, shindy, Shreddy, soddy, Stiddy, toddy, tody, Twaddy, Tydy, untidy, Widdy. (additional references)

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Anagrams: RODY

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: dory.

Words within the letters "d-o-r-y"

-1 letter: dor, dry, rod, yod.

-2 letters: do, od, or, oy, yo.

 Words containing the letters "d-o-r-y"
 

+1 letter: dorky, dormy, dorty, dowry, grody, hydro, rowdy, wordy.

 

+2 letters: boyard, broody, byroad, byword, corody, crowdy, dourly, dowery, drolly, droopy, dropsy, drosky, drossy, drowsy, drylot, dyvour, hydros, lordly, parody, rebody, yodler, yonder.

 

+3 letters: boyards, broadly, byroads, bywords, corrody, dayroom, daywork, decoyer, destroy, doddery, dodgery, doggery, doorway, droshky, droskys, drouthy, drylots, dyvours, feodary, forayed, foundry, hydroid, hydrops, hydrous, hydroxy, joyride, joyrode, keyword, orderly, organdy, overdry, overdye, powdery, prodigy, prosody, proudly, roadway, roundly, rowdily, stroyed, tardyon, thyroid, tripody, wordily, workday, worldly, yodeler, yodlers, zedoary.

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.

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Alternative Orthography: RODY


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

52 4F 44 59

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

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

=

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 01001111 01000100 01011001

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#82 &#79 &#68 &#89

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0052 004F 0044 0059

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

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

52493859

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Usage: Commercial
3. Images: Photo Album
4. Quotations: Fiction
5. Names: Frequency
6. Expressions
7. Expressions: Internet
8. Derivations
9. Rhymes
10. Anagrams
11. Orthography
12. Bibliography


  

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