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Definition: Poor Devil |
Poor DevilNoun1. Someone you feel sorry for. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Synonym: Poor DevilSynonym: wretch (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Poor Devil |
| Specialty definitions using "poor devil": Devil to Pay and no Pitch Hot ♦ SMITHAREEN. (references) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Poor Devil (1973) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | A poor devil, on returning to his garret, would find that his door had been opened, sometimes even forced, during his absence. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Expressions using "poor devil": a poor devil ♦ the poor devil. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
| Language | Translations for "poor devil"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Afrikaans | aalwyntapper (aloe juice collector, pauper, poor, poor man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | chudák (poor beggar, poor chap, the poor bastard, wretch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | sukkelaar (pauper, poor man), stumper (pauper, poor man), armoedzaaier (pauper, poor man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | mizerulo (pauper, poor man). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | szerencsétlen flótás (sad dog), szegény ördög (a poor blighter, poor blighter, poor stick, wretch). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | oorpay evilday país pobre. (various references) suflet amãrât, sãrman (indigent, pauper, poor, wretched), sãrãcuţ (poorly), bietul de el (poor fellow). (various references) бедняга (poor beggar, poor wretch). (various references) un pobre diablo (a poor devil). (various references) zavallı adamcağız (the poor devil). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-v" | |
-2 letters: leporid, loopier, provide. | |
-3 letters: devoir, diploe, dipole, doolie, dopier, drivel, looped, looper, oriole, oroide, overdo, period, plover, polder, poodle, pooled, proved, roiled, voider. | |
-4 letters: devil, diver, dolor, doper, drive, drool, droop, drove, ervil, idler, lived, liver, livre, looed, looie, loped, loper, loved, lover, oiled, oiler, older, oldie, olive, oorie, oriel, orlop, ovoid, ovoli. | |
| Words containing the letters "d-e-i-l-o-o-p-r-v" | |
+3 letters: overlordship. | |
+4 letters: overexploited, overlordships. | |
+5 letters: overdeveloping. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 6F 6F 72 44 65 76 69 6C |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01101111 01101111 01110010 00100000 01000100 01100101 01110110 01101001 01101100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P o o r   D e v i l |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 006F 006F 0072 0044 0065 0076 0069 006C |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5081818423871887578 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Quotations: Fiction 6. Expressions 7. Translations: Modern 8. Anagrams | 9. Orthography 10. Bibliography |
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