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Definition: Dissimilitude |
DissimilitudeNoun1. Dissimilarity evidenced by an absence of likeness. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "dissimilitude" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Dissimilitude \Dis`si*mil"i*tude\, noun. [Latin expression dissimilitudo, from dissimilis: compare to the French expression dissimilitude.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonym: DissimilitudeSynonym: unlikeness (n). (additional references) |
| Antonym: likeness (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Disagreement | Disparity, mismatch, disproportion; dissimilitude, inequality; disproportionateness; Adjective: variance, divergence, repugnance. |
Nonuniformity | Noun: diversity, irregularity, unevenness; multiformity; unconformity; roughness; dissimilarity, dissimilitude, divarication, divergence. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Dissimilitude |
| English words defined with "dissimilitude": Dissemblance. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Dissimilitude" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Portuguese (dissimilitude). |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
dissimilitude | 8 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "dissimilitude"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | pangjashmëri (dissimilarity, diversity, improbability), ndryshim (alteration, amendment, change, difference, disparity, dissimilarity, dissimilation, distinction, inflection, inflexion, innovation, manipulation, metamorphosis, modification, mutation, permutation, recast, reversal, reverse, shift, shifting, switch, transit, transition, turn, variation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | несходство (dissemblance, dissimilarity, diversity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | különbözõség (dissemblance, dissimilarity, imparity, unconformity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | issimilitudeday dissimilitude, dissimilação (dissimilation). (various references) neasemãnare (dissimilarity), lipsã de asemãnare. (various references) несходство (dissimilarity, diversity, unlikeness). (various references) razlikovanje (contradistinction, discernment). (various references) disimilitud (dissimilarity). (various references) olikhet (difference, disparity, dissimilarity, diversification, imparity, inequality). (various references) несхожість (difference, dissemblance, dissimilarity, distance, inequality, otherness). (various references) tính không giống nhau (dissimilarity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Words beginning with "dissimilitude": dissimilitudes. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-d-e-i-i-i-i-l-m-s-s-t-u" | |
-2 letters: similitudes. | |
-3 letters: multisided, similitude. | |
-4 letters: missuited, mudslides. | |
-5 letters: delimits, dimities, duelists, elitisms, limiteds, litmuses, misedits, muddiest, mudslide, sedilium, slimiest, studdies, utilised, utilises. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-d-e-i-i-i-i-l-m-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: dissimilitudes. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)44 69 73 73 69 6D 69 6C 69 74 75 64 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-.. .. ... ... .. -- .. .-.. .. - ..- -.. . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000100 01101001 01110011 01110011 01101001 01101101 01101001 01101100 01101001 01110100 01110101 01100100 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)D i s s i m i l i t u d e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0044 0069 0073 0073 0069 006D 0069 006C 0069 0074 0075 0064 0065 |
| 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)38758585757975787586877071 |
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