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Date "ALIFANFARON" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Alifanfaron the giant. Don Quixote attacked a flock of sheep, which he declared to be the army of the giant Alifanfaron. Similarly Ajax, in a fit of madness, fell upon a flock of sheep, which he mistook for Grecian princes. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: ALIFANFARON |
| Specialty definitions using "ALIFANFARON": Giants ♦ Pentapolin. (references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-a-f-f-i-l-n-n-o-r" | |
-3 letters: fanfaron. | |
-4 letters: affinal. | |
-5 letters: affair, alanin, fanion, farfal, farina, florin, foliar, narial, raffia. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 4C 49 46 41 4E 46 41 52 4F 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- .-.. .. ..-. .- -. ..-. .- .-. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01001100 01001001 01000110 01000001 01001110 01000110 01000001 01010010 01001111 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A L I F A N F A R O N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 004C 0049 0046 0041 004E 0046 0041 0052 004F 004E |
| 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)3546434035484035524948 |
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