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QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Specialty Definition: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

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Literature

Queen's English (The). Dean Alford wrote a small book on this subject, whence has arisen three or four phrases, such as "clipping the Queen's English," "murdering the Queen's English," etc. Queen's English means grammatical English. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Synonyms within Context: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Language

Noun: language; phraseology; speech; tongue, lingo, vernacular; mother tongue, vulgar tongue, native tongue; household words; King's English, Queen's English; dialect.

Solecism

Verb: use bad grammar, faulty grammar; solecize, commit a solecism; murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English, break Priscian's head.

Stammering

Mumble, mutter; maud, mauder; whisper; mince, lisp; jabber, gibber; sputter, splutter; muffle, mump; drawl, mouth; croak; speak thick, speak through the nose; snuffle, clip one's words; murder the language, murder the King's English, murder the Queen's English; mispronounce, missay.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Specialty definitions using "QUEEN'S ENGLISH": Ramsbottom. (references)

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Expressions: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Expressions using "QUEEN'S ENGLISH": murder the Queen's English the Queen's English. Additional references.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Language Translations for "QUEEN'S ENGLISH"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

German

  

englische hochsprache. (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

helyes angolság. (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

クーロン力 (car horn, Chrysler, Clark, classic, classic car, classic life, classic races, classical, classicism, clerk, client, client server, climax, climber, climbing, climograph, cloud, collider, cook, cookie, cooking, cooking card, cooking school, Coulomb's force, coutouriere, couturier, crime story, crisis, criteria, crouching start, crown, cryoelectronics, cryogenics, cumin, cushion, cushion ball, Klaxon, Kuwait, large size, multi-purpose health facility, pitcher throwing to first base, quake, Quaker, quality, quality paper, quantity, quantize, quark, quarter, quarterback, quarterly, quartet, quartz, quasar, queen, queen size, Queensland, question, question mark, quick, quick motion, quick step, quick turn, quilter, quintet, quinto, quiz, quiz mania, quiz rally, quota, quotation mark, quote, Society of Friends, the Queen Mary). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

クイーンズイングリッシュ . (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

een'squay englishay

   

Portuguese

  

inglês correto. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Anagrams: QUEEN'S ENGLISH

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "'-e-e-e-g-h-i-l-n-n-q-s-s-u"

-3 letters: queenliness.

-5 letters: englishes, henequens, henequins, heniquens, lessening, squilgees.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Crosswords
2. Expressions
3. Translations: Modern
4. Anagrams
5. Bibliography


  

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