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VOLAGE

Definition: VOLAGE

VOLAGE

Adjective

1. Light; giddy.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "VOLAGE" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1814. (references)

Etymology: Volage \Vo*lage"\, adjective. [French expression]. (Websters 1913)

Crosswords: VOLAGE

Non-English Usage: "VOLAGE" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

French (flighty).

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Anagrams: VOLAGE

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: lovage.

Words within the letters "a-e-g-l-o-v"

-1 letter: gavel, glove, laevo.

-2 letters: aloe, egal, gale, gaol, gave, goal, lave, leva, levo, loge, love, ogle, olea, oval, vale, veal, vela, vole.

-3 letters: age, ago, ale, ave, avo, ego, gae, gal, gel, goa, lag, lav, lea, leg, lev, log, ole, ova, veg, voe.

-4 letters: ae, ag, al, el, go, la, lo, oe.

 Words containing the letters "a-e-g-l-o-v"
 

+1 letter: lovages, voltage, vorlage.

 

+2 letters: aasvogel, gavelock, megavolt, overglad, travelog, voltages, vorlages.

 

+3 letters: aasvogels, gavelocks, megavolts, overglaze, overlarge, travelogs.

 

+4 letters: avgolemono, forgivable, governable, levigation, longleaves, lovemaking, overglazes, overlading, overlaying, overslaugh, travelogue.

 

+5 letters: avgolemonos, colligative, dovetailing, levigations, lovemakings, overcalling, overhauling, overlapping, overleaping, overloading, overplaying, oversalting, overslaughs, overtalking, overvaluing, overvoltage, sugarloaves, travelogues, vainglories.

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

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Alternative Orthography: VOLAGE


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

56 4F 4C 41 47 45

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)

01010110 01001111 01001100 01000001 01000111 01000101

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#86 &#79 &#76 &#65 &#71 &#69

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0056 004F 004C 0041 0047 0045

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

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

564946354139

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Anagrams
4. Orthography
5. Bibliography


  

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