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Definition: VIRGILIAN |
VIRGILIANAdjective1. Of or pertaining to Virgil, the Roman poet; resembling the style of Virgil. |
Date "VIRGILIAN" was first used: 1513. (references) |
Etymology: Virgilian \Vir*gil"i*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Virgilianus, better Vergilianus.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| "VIRGILIAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "VIRGILIAN" is used about 13 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 13 | 97,576 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "VIRGILIAN": virgilian-dantesque. | |
Ending with "VIRGILIAN": anti-virgilian. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VIRGILIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Italian | virgiliano. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | irgilianvay | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | Virgilianus. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"VIRGILIAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Versilia, virilian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "VIRGILIAN" (pronounced 'Vir*gil"i*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Ajouan, Ajowan, ajwain, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-g-i-i-i-l-n-r-v" | |
-1 letter: rivaling, virginal. | |
-2 letters: lairing, railing, vailing, vialing. | |
-3 letters: ailing, airing, laving, living, nilgai, raving, riling, riving, virgin. | |
-4 letters: algin, align, anvil, argil, garni, glair, gnarl, grail, grain, invar, iring, liang, ligan, linga, nival, ravin, rival, vigil, vinal, viral, virga. | |
-5 letters: agin, airn, anil, aril, gain, girl, girn, glia, gnar, gran, grin, ilia, inia, lain, lair. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-g-i-i-i-l-n-r-v" | |
+2 letters: invigilator, virginalist. | |
+3 letters: invigilators, relativizing, revitalising, revitalizing, trivialising, trivializing, virginalists. | |
+4 letters: originatively. | |
+5 letters: invigoratingly, overidealizing, universalizing. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 49 52 47 49 4C 49 41 4E |
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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)01010110 01001001 01010010 01000111 01001001 01001100 01001001 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V I R G I L I A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0049 0052 0047 0049 004C 0049 0041 004E |
| 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)564352414346433548 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Usage Frequency 4. Expressions | 5. Translations: Modern 6. Translations: Ancient 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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