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Definition: Even-tempered |
Even-temperedAdjective1. Not easily irritated; "an equable temper"; "not everyone shared his placid temperament"; "remained placid despite the repeated delays". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "even-tempered" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1869. (references) |
Synonyms: Even-temperedSynonyms: equable (adj), good-tempered (adj), placid (adj). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Even-tempered |
| Specialty definitions using "even-tempered": Fair, Frogs. (references) |
| "Even-tempered" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Even-tempered" is used about 11 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% | 11 | 106,044 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes names derived from the word "even-tempered". | |||
| Name | Gender | Language | Meaning |
| Jesui | N/A | Biblical | Even-tempered |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references.
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| Language | Translations for "even-tempered"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||
Finnish | sävyisä (docile, manageable, meek, mild, tractable). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 心の平ら . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ""ろのたいら. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | even-tempereday уравновешенный (balanced, even, even tempered, even-minded, good tempered, level, level headed, levelheaded, level-headed, sober minded, sober-minded, well balanced), спокойный (calm, calmer, composed, cool-headed, cosh, douce, easeful, easy, even tempered, even-minded, imperturbable, laid back, laid-back, level headed, placid, quiet, reposeful, secure, sedate, serene, settled, sober-blooded, still, tranquil, untroubled). (various references) bình thản (dispassionate, even-minded, sedate), điềm đạm (even-minded, level, level-headed, nerve, sober-minded, staid). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-e-e-e-e-m-n-p-r-t-v" | |
-3 letters: prevented. | |
-4 letters: deepener, repented, repetend, tempered, veneered. | |
-5 letters: emender, entered, everted, metered, petered, preened, premeet, preteen, pretend, prevent, reedmen, terpene. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 76 65 6E 2D 74 65 6D 70 65 72 65 64 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000101 01110110 01100101 01101110 00101101 01110100 01100101 01101101 01110000 01100101 01110010 01100101 01100100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E v e n - t e m p e r e d |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 0076 0065 006E 002D 0074 0065 006D 0070 0065 0072 0065 0064 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)39887180158671798271847170 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage Frequency | 5. Names: Derived from 6. Translations: Modern 7. Anagrams 8. Orthography | 9. Bibliography |
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