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Definitions: Thespian |
ThespianAdjective1. Of or relating to drama; "the movie director had thespian cooperation". Noun1. A theatrical performer. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "thespian" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1900. (references) |
Etymology: Thespian \Thes"pi*an\, adjective. [From Latin Thespis, Greek, the founder of the Greek drama.]. (Websters 1913) |
Synonyms: ThespianSynonyms: actor (n), histrion (n), player (n), role player (n). (additional references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Thespian."
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
The Drama | Actor, thespian, player; method actor; stage player, strolling player; stager, performer; mime, mimer; artists; comedian, tragedian; tragedienne, Roscius; star, movie star, star of stage and screen, superstar, idol, sex symbol; supporting actor, supporting cast; ham, hamfatter; masker. pantomimist, clown harlequin, buffo, buffoon, farceur, grimacer, pantaloon, columbine; punchinello; pulcinello, pulcinella; extra, bit-player, walk-on role, cameo appearance; mute, figurante, general utility; super, supernumerary. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | The Thespian Bandit (1912) Dick Miller: Thespian (2003) | |
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| "Thespian" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 62.50% of the time. "Thespian" is used about 24 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) | 62.5% | 15 | 90,616 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 37.5% | 9 | 117,287 |
| Total | 100.00% | 24 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
international society thespian | 42 |
thespian | 33 |
festival international thespian | 10 |
society thespian | 8 |
mask thespian | 8 |
national society thespian | 5 |
festival thespian | 3 |
2003 festival international thespian | 3 |
conference international thespian | 3 |
master thespian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "thespian"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | dramatik (dramatic), aktore tragjike (tragedienne), aktor tragjik (tragedian). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | مسرحي (dramatic, dramaturgic, scenic, scenical, stagy, theatrical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | трагически (tragic), актьор (actor, mummer, playactor, player), драматичен (dramatic, spectacular, theatrical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | comédien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | mimin, mime (mime, mummer). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ηθοποιόσ (actor, actress, artiste, entertainer, impersonator, performer, trouper), δραματικόσ (dramatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | שחקן (actor, artist, performer, player). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | színészi (theatrical), színész (actor, performer, play actor, player, theatrical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | tragediografo, drammatico (dramatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | espianthay tespiano, relativo a téspis. (various references) dramatic (acting, dramatic, dramatically, scenic, theatrical). (various references) драматический актер, драматический (dramatic, histrionic). (various references) tespisov, glumac (actor, playactor, player, trouper), dramski (scenic, scenical). (various references) artista (artist, artiste, entertainer, performer). (various references) dramatisk (dramatic, heavy). (various references) tiyatroya ait (dramatic, histrionic, theatrical), tiyatrocu, oyuncu (actor, frisky, gambler, hoaxer, performer, play actor, player, playful, prankish, sportive, trickster, tricksy, tricky). (various references) трагік (tragedian), трагедійний, драматичний (dramatic). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "thespian": thespians. (additional references) | |
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"Thespian" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Hespan, hespian, thasian, theophany, thepian, thesbian, thesian, thespion, Thysia, Tshipsan. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "thespian" (pronounced the"spēun) |
| 4 | -p ē u n | Campion, champion, scorpion, utopian. |
| 3 | -ē u n | accordion, agrarian, alien, amphibian, arcadian, authoritarian, barbarian, bohemian, carrion, centenarian, centurion, chameleon, circadian, Clarion, collodion, comedian, contrarian, criterion, custodian, Cyprian, disciplinarian, draconian, egalitarian, equestrian, galleon, gorgonian, Guardian, halcyon, herculean, historian, humanitarian, hyperborean, lesbian, libertarian, librarian, majoritarian, mammalian, median, mediterranean, meridian, Napoleon, nickelodeon, nonsectarian, oblivion, obsidian, octogenarian, Odeon, ovarian, pagurian, parliamentarian, pedestrian, planarian, plutonian, praetorian, presbyterian, proletarian, salutatorian, sectarian, seminarian, septuagenarian, simian, subterranean, symbion, theologian, totalitarian, unitarian, utilitarian, valedictorian, valerian, vegetarian, veterinarian. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-n-p-s-t" | |
-1 letter: haptens, hatpins, inphase, panties, patines, sapient, sheitan, spinate, sthenia. | |
-2 letters: hapten, hasten, hatpin, instep, paints, pantie, pastie, patens, patine, patins, petsai, pietas, pineta, pintas, ptisan, saithe, shanti, shapen, snathe, spathe, spinet, tenias, thanes, theins, tineas, tisane. | |
-3 letters: anise, antes, antis, aphis, apish, ashen, aspen, entia, ephas, etnas, haets, hanse, hants, haste, hates, heaps. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-n-p-s-t" | |
+1 letter: aphanites, cathepsin, pantheism, pantheist, perianths, thaneship, thespians. | |
+2 letters: antiherpes, cathepsins, enthalpies, interphase, pantheisms, pantheists, patchiness, paunchiest, phantasied, phantasies, phenacites, phenakites, printheads, thaneships, unhappiest. | |
+3 letters: antipathies, antiphonies, antiphrases, antistrophe, despatching, empathising, euphoriants, hemipterans, hierophants, hypertonias, interparish, interphases, lightplanes, lithophanes, misanthrope, pantheistic, parenthesis, partnership, pathfinders, pentarchies, phenacetins, pinfeathers, senatorship, shinplaster, spaghettini, stephanotis, taphonomies, theophanies, thiopentals, traineeship, transhipped, xiphisterna. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)54 68 65 73 70 69 61 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)- .... . ... .--. .. .- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010100 01101000 01100101 01110011 01110000 01101001 01100001 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)T h e s p i a n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0054 0068 0065 0073 0070 0069 0061 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5474718582756780 |
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