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Definition: STRAITNESS |
STRAITNESSNoun1. The quality or condition of being strait; especially, a pinched condition or situation caused by poverty; as, the straitnessof their circumstances. |
Date "STRAITNESS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1596. (references) |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man | Joyce, James | The straitness of this prisonhouse is expressly designed by God to punish those who refused to be bound by His laws. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| Language | Translations for "STRAITNESS"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||
Greek | στενότησ (closeness, insularism, insularity, narrowness), στενότητα (closeness, insularism, insularity, narrowness), δυσκολία (arduousness, crux, difficulty, gaff, inconvenience, knot, rub, scabrousness, straits). (various references) | ||||||||||
Hebrew | מצר (defile, depressed, fix, gut, narrow pass, neck, orifice, sorry, straits, stricture). (various references) | ||||||||||
Pig Latin | aitnessstray tÃnh khắc khổ (astringency). (various references) | ||||||||||
| Language | Date | Source | Job Chapter 36, Verse 16 |
| Greek (transliterated) | 250 BC | Septuagint | Kai proseti hpathsen se ek stomatoV ecqrou abussoV katacusiV upokatw authV kai katebh trapeza sou plhrhV piothtoV |
| Latin | 405 | Vulgate | Igitur salvabit te de ore angusto latissime et non habentis fundamentum subter se requies autem mensae tuae erit plena pinguedine |
| Middle English | 1395 | Wyclif | Therfore he shal saue thee fro the streite mouth most widly, not hauende a ground vnder itself; the reste forsothe of thi bord shal be full of fatnesse. |
| Jacobean English | 1611 | King James | Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table should be full of fatness. |
| Victorian English | 1833 | Webster | Even so would he have removed thee out of the strait into a broad place, where there is no straitness; and that which should be set on thy table would be full of fatness. |
| Basic English | 1964 | Ogden | ... |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Job Chapter 36, Verse 16 |
| Albanian | Ai dëshiron të të largojë edhe ty nga kafshimi i fatkeqësisë, që të të çojë në një vend të gjerë pa kufizim, me një tryezë të shtruar me ushqime të shijshme. |
| Cebuano | Oo, siya molukmay unta kanimo gikan sa kaalaut Ngadto sa usa ka dapit nga halapad diin walay kasigpit; Ug kadtong ibutang sa imong lamesa daskan unta sa katambok. |
| Croatian | izbavit æe te iz ždrijela tjeskobe k prostranstvima bezgraniènim izvesti, k prepunu stolu mesa pretiloga. |
| Danish | Men dig har Medgangen lokket, du var i Fred for Ulykkens Gab; ingen Trængsel indjog dig Skræk, fuldt var dit Bord af fede Retter. |
| Dutch | Alzo zou Hij ook u afgekeerd hebben van den mond des angstes tot de ruimte, onder dewelke geen benauwing zou geweest zijn; en het gerecht uwer tafel zou vol vettigheid geweest zijn. |
| Finnish | Sinutkin houkutteli ahdingosta pois avara tila, jossa ei ahtautta ollut, ja lihavuudesta notkuvan ruokapöydän rauha. |
| French | Il te retirera aussi de la détresse, Pour te mettre au large, en pleine liberté, Et ta table sera chargée de mets succulents. |
| German | Und auch dich lockt er aus dem Rachen der Angst in weiten Raum, da keine Bedrängnis mehr ist; und an deinem Tische, voll des Guten, wirst du Ruhe haben. |
| Haitian Creole | Ou menm tou, Bondye vle wete ou nan gwo lapenn sa a, pou ou ka rive gen jwisans san moun pa chache ou kont. Te gen yon lè tab ou te chaje ak bon manje. |
| Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hari | Allah telah membebaskan engkau dari kesukaran, sehingga kau dapat menikmati ketentraman, dan meja hidanganmu penuh makanan. |
| Indonesian-Terjemahan Lama | Demikian engkaupun akan dibalikkan-Nya dari pada mulut kesukaran kepada keluasan yang tiada berhingga, dan mejamupun akan penuh dengan barang yang lemak-lemak. |
| Italian | Anche te intende sottrarre dal morso dell'angustia: avrai in cambio un luogo ampio, non ristretto e la tua tavola sarà colma di vivande grasse. |
| Maori | Ae ra, me koe ano, tera koe e riro i a ia i roto i te kuititanga ki te wahi whanui; a ki tonu i te ngako te mea e whakatakotoria ki runga ki tau tepu. |
| Norwegian | Også dig lokker han ut av trengselens svelg til en åpen plass hvor det ikke er trangt; og ditt bord skal være fullt av fete retter. |
| Portuguese | Assim também quer induzir-te da angústia para um lugar espaçoso, em que não há aperto; e as iguarias da tua mesa serão cheias de gordura. |
| Rumanian | Wi pe tine te va scoate din strkmtoare, ca sq te punq la loc larg, kn slobozenie deplinq, wi masa ta va fi kncqrcatq cu bucate gustoase. |
| Swedish | Så sökte han ock draga dig ur nödens gap, ut på en rymlig plats, där intet trångmål rådde; och ditt bord skulle bliva fullsatt med feta rätter. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "STRAITNESS": straitnesses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "STRAITNESS" (pronounced 'Strait"ness'): Abruptness, Abstruseness, Absurdness, Acuteness, Adaptness, Adeptness, Adroitness, Adultness, Albiness, Alertness, Allness, Aloneness, Aloofness, Animoseness, Antiqueness, Apartness, Apertness, Aptness, Archness, Arguteness, Augustness, Austereness, Averseness, Badness, Baldness, Bareness, Baseness, Bigness, Blackness, Blandness, Blankness, Blindness, Blitheness, Blondness, Blueness, Bluffness, Bluntness, Boldness, Braveness, Briefness, brightness, Briskness, Broadness, Brownness, Brusqueness, Bruteness, Budgeness, Business, Calmness, Cavalierness. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: antistress, resistants. | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-s-s-t-t" | |
-1 letter: resistant, straitens, tastiness. | |
-2 letters: antsiest, artiness, artistes, artsiest, assister, instates, intreats, nastiest, nitrates, retsinas, satinets, sestinas, stainers, stearins, stinters, straiten, striates, tartness, tertians, titaness, transits, tsarists. | |
-3 letters: anestri, antsier, arsines, artiest, artiste, artists, assents, asserts, attires, entasis, estrins, inserts, instars, instate, intreat, iratest, iterant, nastier, nasties, natters, nattier, nitrate, ratines, ratites, rattens, resists. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-i-n-r-s-s-s-t-t" | |
+2 letters: brattinesses, straightness, straitnesses, transvestism. | |
+3 letters: dissertations, mistranslates, nonresistants, superstations, throatinesses, transistorise, transvestisms, transvestites. | |
+4 letters: airtightnesses, gratuitousness, introgressants, literatenesses, resuscitations, separationists, sequestrations, slatternliness, stationmasters, straightnesses, streptokinases, transcriptases, transistorised, transistorises, transistorizes, transitiveness, transitoriness, transshipments. | |
+5 letters: antidepressants, antiseparatists, flirtatiousness, intricatenesses, pectinesterases, reservationists, sacramentalists, sacrosanctities, segregationists, straitlacedness, transmissometer, westernisations. | |
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| 1. Definition 2. Quotations: Fiction 3. Translations: Modern 4. Bible Trace | 5. Derivations 6. Rhymes 7. Anagrams 8. Bibliography |
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