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WANNISH

Definition: WANNISH

WANNISH

Adjective

1. Somewhat wan; of a pale hue.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "WANNISH" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1630. (references)


Modern Translations: WANNISH

Language Translations for "WANNISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Greek 

  

κάπωσ ωχρόσ. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

annishway

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "WANNISH"

Words rhyming with "WANNISH" (pronounced 'Wan"nish'): Clannish, Degarnish, Disfurnish, Disgarnish, Dunnish, Fennish, Japannish, mannish, Nunnish, refurnish, Sonnish, Thinnish, Tonnish, Underfurnish, Unfurnish, Vernish. (additional references)

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Anagrams: WANNISH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-h-i-n-n-s-w"

-2 letters: shawn, swain, wains, whins, wisha.

-3 letters: ains, anis, awns, haws, hins, hisn, hwan, inns, nans, sain, sawn, shaw, shin, sinh, snaw, swan, wain, wans, wash, whin, wins, wish.

-4 letters: ain, ais, ani, ash, awn, has, haw, hin, his, inn, ins, nah, nan, naw, saw, sha, sin, wan, was, wha, win, wis.

-5 letters: ah, ai.

 Words containing the letters "a-h-i-n-n-s-w"
 

+3 letters: enswathing, inswathing, unswathing.

 

+4 letters: chainsawing, rainwashing, sandwiching.

 

+5 letters: brainwashing, handwringers, handwritings, swainishness, withstanding, womanishness.

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

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Alternative Orthography: WANNISH


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

57 41 4E 4E 49 53 48

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)

01010111 01000001 01001110 01001110 01001001 01010011 01001000

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#87 &#65 &#78 &#78 &#73 &#83 &#72

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0057 0041 004E 004E 0049 0053 0048

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

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

57354848435342

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INDEX

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


  

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