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Definition: Monish |
MonishVerb1. Warn strongly; put on guard. 2. Admonish or counsel in terms of someone's behavior; "I warned him not to go too far";"I warn you against false assumptions"; "She warned him to be quiet". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "monish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1532. (references) |
Etymology: Monish \Mon"ish\, transitive verb. [from Old English expression monesten. See Admonish, Monition.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: MonishSynonyms: admonish (v), caution (v), discourage (v), warn (v). (additional references) |
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "monish": monished, monishes, monishing. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "monish": admonish, lemonish, premonish. (additional references) | |
Words containing "monish": admonished, admonisher, admonishers, admonishes, admonishing, admonishingly, admonishment, admonishments, premonished, premonishes, premonishing. (additional references) | |
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"Monish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: johnish, Konishi, manish, Mcomish, mennish, moenich, molish, Monagh, Monash, Monisha, moniz, monsi, mopish, morish, Muinish, munis, munshi, ninish, Nomich, Onishi, soonish, tonish. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "monish" (pronounced 'Mon"ish'): Abolish, Admonish, Affamish, Alish, Amateurish, Apish, Aspish, Assish, Astonish, Babish, Baboonish, Balkish, Banish, Bardish, Basquish, Bearish, Beauish, Blackish, Blockish, Bluish, Bluntish, Boarish, Bookish, Boorish, Boyish, Brackish, Brainish, Brinish, Broadish, Brockish, Brownish, Buccaneerish, Buckish, Buffoonish, Bullish, Calvish, Cavalierish, Cherish, Childish, Churlish, Clayish, Clownish, Coldish, Coltish, Coolish, Coyish, Czarish, Dampish, Danish, Dankish. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "h-i-m-n-o-s" | |
-2 letters: hins, hisn, hons, ions, mhos, miso, mons, mosh, nims, noms, nosh, ohms, shim, shin, shmo, sinh. | |
-3 letters: him, hin, his, hon, ins, ion, ism, mho, mis, mon, mos, nim, noh, nom, nos, ohm, ohs, oms, ons, sim, sin, som, son. | |
-4 letters: hi, hm, ho, in, is, mi, mo, no, oh, om, on, os. | |
| Words containing the letters "h-i-m-n-o-s" | |
+1 letter: gnomish, homines, monkish, moonish, moshing. | |
+2 letters: admonish, chrismon, chymosin, hedonism, hindmost, hominess, hominids, hominies, insomuch, lemonish, mahonias, manihots, monished, monishes, monkfish, moonfish, morphins, thymosin, unmodish, womanish. | |
+3 letters: bohemians, bonhomies, champions, chrismons, chromings, chymosins, demijohns, harmonics, harmonies, harmonise, hedonisms, hemolysin, heroinism, himations, hominians, hominizes, hominoids, horsemint, humanoids, hymnodies, hypnotism, inchworms, macintosh, midmonths, misthrown, monachism, monishing, monoliths, monteiths, monthlies, moonishly, moonshine, morphines, omniarchs, phonemics, premonish, rhodamins, shamoying, shmoozing, smooching, smoothing, something, songsmith, symphonic, thermions, thrombins, thymosins. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 6F 6E 69 73 68 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- --- -. .. ... .... |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01101111 01101110 01101001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M o n i s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 006F 006E 0069 0073 0068 |
| 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)478180758574 |
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