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Definition: Scarabaeus |
ScarabaeusNoun1. Scarabaeid beetle considered divine by ancient Egyptians. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "scarabaeus" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1832. (references) |
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Satire | SCARABAEUS, n. The sacred beetle of the ancient Egyptians, allied to our familiar "tumble-bug." It was supposed to symbolize immortality, the fact that God knew why giving it its peculiar sanctity. Its habit of incubating its eggs in a ball of ordure may also have commended it to the favor of the priesthood, and may some day assure it an equal reverence among ourselves. True, the American beetle is an inferior beetle, but the American priest is an inferior priest. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonym: ScarabaeusSynonym: scarab (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Spell | Talisman, amulet, periapt, telesm, phylactery, philter; fetich, fetish; agnus Dei; furcula, madstone; mascot, mascotte; merrythought; Om, Aum; scarab, scarabaeus; sudarium, triskelion, veronica, wishbone; swastika, fylfot, gammadion. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Scarabaeus |
| English words defined with "scarabaeus": genus Scarabaeus ♦ Scarabaeus sacer, Scarabee ♦ Tumbledung. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "scarabaeus": Scarabee. (references) |
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Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | SCARABEE, n. The same as scarabaeus. He fell by his own hand Beneath the great oak tree. He'd traveled in a foreign land. He tried to make her understand The dance that's called the Saraband, But he called it Scarabee. He had called it so through an afternoon, And she, the light of his harem if so might be, Had smiled and said naught. O the body was fair to see, All frosted there in the shine o' the moon -- Dead for a Scarabee And a recollection that came too late. O Fate! They buried him where he lay, He sleeps awaiting the Day, In state, And two Possible Puns, moon-eyed and wan, Gloom over the grave and then move on. Dead for a Scarabee! Fernando Tapple |
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Expressions using "scarabaeus": genus Scarabaeus ♦ Scarabaeus Egyptiorum ♦ Scarabaeus sacer ♦ Scarabaeus stercorarius. Additional references. | |
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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. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
scarabaeus | 5 |
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| Language | Translations for "scarabaeus"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Spanish | escarabajo (beetle, chafer, chafers, scarab). (various references) | |
Ukranian | скарабей (scarab). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "scarabaeus": scarabaeuses. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-r-s-s-u" | |
-2 letters: abacuses, caesuras, subareas, subraces. | |
-3 letters: abasers, abusers, arcuses, caesars, caesura, casabas, cassaba, causers, cesuras, rubaces, rubasse, saucers, scarabs, subarea, subrace, sucrase, surbase. | |
-4 letters: abacas, abacus, abaser, abases, abuser, abuses, acarus, arecas, assure, baases, braces, bursae, bursas, burses, cabers, caesar, caress, carses, casaba, causer, causes, cesura, crases, cruses, cubers, curses, cusser, escars, rubace, sabers, sabras, sabres, saucer, sauces, scarab, scares, scaurs, scrubs, scubas, seracs, subers, subsea, sucres, urases. | |
-5 letters: abaca, abase, abuse, acerb, acres, arcus, areas, areca, arses, ascus, aurae, auras, aures, bares, baser, bases, bears, beaus, brace, braes, brass, buras, bursa, burse, buses, caber, carbs, cares, carse, casas, cases, casus, cause, crabs, crass, cress, cruse, cuber, cubes, curbs, cures, curse, ecrus, escar, races, rases, rebus, rubes, ruses, saber, sabes, sabra, sabre, sacra, sauce, scabs, scare, scars, scaur, scrub, scuba, sears, serac, subas, suber, sucre, suers, suras, urase, ureas, ursae, users. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-a-b-c-e-r-s-s-u" | |
+2 letters: scarabaeuses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 63 61 72 61 62 61 65 75 73 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -.-. .- .-. .- -... .- . ..- ... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01100011 01100001 01110010 01100001 01100010 01100001 01100101 01110101 01110011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S c a r a b a e u s |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0063 0061 0072 0061 0062 0061 0065 0075 0073 |
| 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)53696784676867718785 |
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