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Closefisted

Definition: Closefisted

Closefisted

Adjective

1. Unwilling to part with money.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 


Synonyms: Closefisted

Synonyms: hardfisted (adj), tightfisted (adj). (additional references)

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Crosswords: Closefisted

English words defined with "closefisted": ClosehandedIron-fistedPinchfist. (references)

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Modern Translation: Closefisted

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

Indonesian

  

kikir (avarice, avaricious, file, skinny). (various references)

   

Italian

  

esoso (mean). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

勘定高い (calculating, mercenary). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

か"じょう かい (calculating, mercenary). (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

osefistedclay

   

Spanish

  

ro oso (mean). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Rhyming with "Closefisted"

Words rhyming with "closefisted" (pronounced 'Close"fist`ed'): Above-cited, Aforecited, Alike-minded, Antimoniureted, armor-plated, Arrowheaded, Arseniureted, Backhanded, baldheaded, Bank-sided, Barefooted, Barehanded, Beetle-headed, black-hearted, Blockheaded, Bluff-headed, Bristle-pointed, Broken-hearted, Broken-winded, Buckler-headed, Buffle-headed, Bullheaded, Carnal-minded, Cataphracted, Chicken-breasted, Chicken-hearted, Chuckleheaded, Clear-headed, Clear-sighted, Cleft-footed, Clodpated, Close-banded, Closehanded, Clubfisted, Clubfooted, Cold-blooded, Cold-hearted, Cool-headed, Cowhearted, Cross-banded, Dead-hearted, Deep-waisted, Fin-footed, flat-footed, Flat-headed, Flint-hearted, Forecited, forehanded, Forequoted, foresighted. (additional references)

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Anagrams: Closefisted

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "c-d-e-e-f-i-l-o-s-s-t"

-2 letters: solecised.

-3 letters: cestodes, cestoids, closeted, codeless, coesites, cosseted, deflects, dioceses, disclose, feedlots, felsites, oilseeds, solecise, solecist, solidest, solstice, tideless.

-4 letters: cestode, cestoid, citoles, clefted, closest, closets, coedits, coesite, coldest, cosiest, deceits, deciles, defects, defiles, deflect, delicts, delists, diesels, diocese, dissect, escoted, etoiles, feedlot, felsite, fileted, flossed, flossie, foisted, iceless, idlesse, lefties, liefest, listees.

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

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Alternative Orthography: Closefisted


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

43 6C 6F 73 65 66 69 73 74 65 64

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)

01000011 01101100 01101111 01110011 01100101 01100110 01101001 01110011 01110100 01100101 01100100

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#67 &#108 &#111 &#115 &#101 &#102 &#105 &#115 &#116 &#101 &#100

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0043 006C 006F 0073 0065 0066 0069 0073 0074 0065 0064

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

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

3778818571727585867170

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Non-English Dictionaries with "Closefisted"

LanguageCoverageLanguage Translations

Indonesian

indonesiano, インドネシア語 , インドネシア", indonesio

Italian

dizionario, definizione, traduzioneitaliano

Japanese Kanji

辭典 , 辞典 , 字引 , 辞林 , 字書 , ディーゼル電気車 , 言海 , 辞彙 , 辞書 , 確定 , ディーゼル電気車 , デ'ドロ酢酸 , 翻訳 giapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés

Japanese Katakana

じい, じびき, じて", ディクショナリー , じり", じしょ, '"かい, ディクショナリ , デフィニション , ディフィニション , ていぎ, かくてい, へい"ういどう, やくじゅつ, トランスレーション , やくしょ, やくしゅつ, "うどく, ほ"やく, ほ"やくしょgiapponese, 邦語 , 邦人 , ジャスミン茶 , ほう", ジャパニーズ , ほうじ", japonés

Spanish

diccionario, definición, traducciónspagnolo, スペイン語 , スパイ罪 , スペイン", スパニッシュ , español

English

Dictionary, Definition, Translationinglese, inglés
 


INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Translations: Modern
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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