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Definition: Red-letter Day |
Red-letter DayNoun1. A memorably happy or noteworthy day. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| Domain | Definitions |
Literature | Red-letter Day A lucky day; a day to be recalled with delight. In almanacks, saints' days and holidays are printed in red ink, other days in black. "That day, ... writes the doctor, was truly a red-letter day to me."- Wauters: Stanley's Emin Expedition, chap. vi. p. 111. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Celebration | Inauguration, installation, presentation; coronation; Lord Mayor's show; harvest-home, red-letter day; trophy &:c.; Te Deum; (thanksgiving); fete; holiday; Forefathers' Day. |
Importance | Memorabilia, notabilia, great doings; red-letter day. |
Repose | Day of rest, dies non, Sabbath, Lord's day, holiday, red-letter day, vacation, recess. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
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Books | |
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| Language | Translations for "red-letter day"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Finnish | juhlapäivä (celebration, festival, holiday, holy day). (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | ed-letterray ayday | ||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | dies. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-l-r-r-t-t-y" | |
-3 letters: realtered, retreaded, retreated. | |
-4 letters: deeryard, deratted, deterred, lettered, letterer, readerly, reletter, retarded, treadled, treadler, yattered. | |
-5 letters: alerted, alerter, altered, alterer, dartled, datedly, deadeye, delated, delayed, delayer, deleted, derated, dratted, layered, layette, lyrated, rattled, rattler, realter, redated, related, relater, relayed, retread, retreat, treaded, treader, treadle, treated, treater, treddle. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-d-e-e-e-l-r-r-t-t-y" | |
+3 letters: tenderheartedly. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)52 65 64 2D 6C 65 74 74 65 72      44 61 79 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010010 01100101 01100100 00101101 01101100 01100101 01110100 01110100 01100101 01110010 00100000 01000100 01100001 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)R e d - l e t t e r   D a y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0052 0065 0064 002D 006C 0065 0074 0074 0065 0072      0044 0061 0079 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)527170157871868671842386791 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Commercial 3. Translations: Modern 4. Translations: Ancient | 5. Anagrams 6. Orthography 7. Bibliography |
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