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Definition: Mystique |
MystiqueNoun1. An aura of heightened value or interest or meaning surrounding a person or thing. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "mystique" was first used: 1891. (references) |
Crosswords: Mystique |
| Non-English Usage: "Mystique" is also a word in the following language with English translations in parentheses. French (mystic, mystical, mystique). |
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Screenplays | A woman's shoulders are the front lines of her mystique, and her neck, if she's alive, has all the mystery of a border town. (The Devil's Advocate; writing credit: Tony Gilroy and Jonathan Lemkin. Based on the novel by Andrew Neiderman.) It's good for your mystique. (Scream 3; writing credit: Ehren Kruger) | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Black Mystique (1986) | |
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Betty Friedan | The feminine mystique has succeeded in burying millions of American women alive. |
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| "Mystique" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Mystique" is used about 167 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 167 | 24,143 |
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| 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. |
| Language | Translations for "mystique"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | mistikë, magjepsje (bewitchment, charm, diabolism, enchantment, fascination, glamor, glamour, rapture, ravishment, witchery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | لغز (clue, conundrum, enigma, mystery, mystify, puzzle, puzzlement, quiz, riddle, secret), أحجية (enigma, mystery, puzzle, puzzlement, riddle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | мистика (mysticism), загадъчност (inscrutability). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | mysticismus (mysticism). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | جیبه عرفانی , جذبه وشهرت معنوی . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | mystique (mystic, mystical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | γοητεία (allurement, bewitchment, charm, fascination, mesmerism, sorcery, spell, witchery), μαγεία (bewitchment, fascination, magic, obi, philtre, sorcery, theurgy, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | תעלומ" (enigma, mystery, puzzle, riddle, secret). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | titokzatosság (eeriness, furtiveness, hugger mugger, hugger-mugger, mystery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | mistica (mystical theology, mysticism), fascino (allurement, charm, fascination, glamor, glamour, spell, witchery). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 神秘性 . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | し"ぴせい. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | ystiquemay mística. (various references) таинственность. (various references) mistik. (various references) misterio (inscrutability, mystery, mystification, riddle), técnica misteriosa, pericia impresionante. (various references) mytbildning, kult (cult). (various references) พลังงานลึกลับที่อยู่รอบตัวคน. (various references) esrarlı ve etkili hüner, esrarlı hava. (various references) та"мничість (dark, occultness), містична сила, загадковість, загадкова чарівність. (various references) không khí thần bí thuật thần bí. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| French | 1500-Modern | mystique. (various references) |
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Words beginning with "mystique": mystiques. (additional references) | |
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"Mystique" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: mistique, Mysticeta, Mysticeti, Mystiko. (additional references) | |
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| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "mystique" (pronounced mi'stē"k) |
| 3 | -t ē" k | antique, batik, boutique, critique, teak. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "e-i-m-q-s-t-u-y" | |
-1 letter: mesquit. | |
-2 letters: equity, quiets, stymie. | |
-3 letters: emits, etuis, items, metis, misty, mites, musty, mutes, quest, queys, quiet, quite, quits, smite, stime, stimy, suety, suite, times, yetis. | |
-4 letters: emit, emus, etui, item, mise, mist, mite, mity, muse, must, mute, muts, quey, quit, semi, site, smit, smut, stem, stey, stum, stye, suet, suit, ties, time, tuis. | |
| Words containing the letters "e-i-m-q-s-t-u-y" | |
+1 letter: mystiques. | |
+2 letters: mosquitoey. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)4D 79 73 74 69 71 75 65 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-- -.--. ... - .. --.- ..- . |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001101 01111001 01110011 01110100 01101001 01110001 01110101 01100101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)M y s t i q u e |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)004D 0079 0073 0074 0069 0071 0075 0065 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)4791858675838771 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Quotations: Familiar 6. Usage Frequency 7. Expressions: Internet 8. Translations: Modern | 9. Translations: Ancient 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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