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Definition: Smoggy |
SmoggyAdjective1. Clouded with a mixture of smoke and fog; "the smoggy atmosphere of Los Angeles". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "smoggy" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1985. (references) |
| "Smoggy" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Smoggy" is used about 4 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 |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 100% | 4 | 175,879 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "smoggy"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Russian | туманно туманный. (various references) | |
Thai | เต็มไป"้วยหมอกควัน. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Smoggy" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: moggy, mogy, shoggly, smeggy, smogg, smorg, snaggy, snogg, stogg. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "smoggy" (pronounced smô"gē) |
| 3 | -ô" g ē | doggie, doggy. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "g-g-m-o-s-y" | |
-1 letter: moggy, soggy. | |
-2 letters: goys, gyms, mogs, smog. | |
-3 letters: gos, goy, gym, mog, mos, oms, som, soy, yom. | |
-4 letters: go, mo, my, om, os, oy, so, yo. | |
| Words containing the letters "g-g-m-o-s-y" | |
+2 letters: mystagog. | |
+3 letters: mystagogs, mystagogy. | |
+4 letters: mystagogue. | |
+5 letters: mystagogies, mystagogues. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 6D 6F 67 67 79 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)... -- --- --. --. -.--. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01101101 01101111 01100111 01100111 01111001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S m o g g y |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 006D 006F 0067 0067 0079 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)537981737391 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage Frequency 3. Translations: Modern 4. Derivations | 5. Rhymes 6. Anagrams 7. Orthography 8. Bibliography |
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