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Definition: SPADASSIN |
SPADASSINNoun1. A bravo; a bully; a duelist. |
Etymology: Spadassin \Spa`das`sin"\, noun. [French expression, from Italian spadaccino swordsman, from spada sword.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Domain | Usage | |
Movie/TV Titles | Boireau spadassin (1913) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-d-i-n-p-s-s-s" | |
-2 letters: paisans. | |
-3 letters: assais, dipsas, naiads, paisan, paisas, pandas, sasins. | |
-4 letters: apian, apsis, aspis, assai, nadas, naiad, nipas, padis, pains, paisa, panda, pians, pinas, sadis, saids, sains, sands, sapid, sasin, snaps, snips, spans, spins. | |
-5 letters: aids, ains, anas, ands, anis, ansa, asps, dais, daps, dins, dips, diss, nada, naps, nipa, nips, padi, pads, paid, pain. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-d-i-n-p-s-s-s" | |
+3 letters: landscapists. | |
+4 letters: disparateness, dispassionate, standpattisms. | |
+5 letters: adaptivenesses, antispasmodics, diaphanousness, draftsmanships. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 50 41 44 41 53 53 49 4E |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, 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)01010011 01010000 01000001 01000100 01000001 01010011 01010011 01001001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S P A D A S S I N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 0050 0041 0044 0041 0053 0053 0049 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)535035383553534348 |
| 1. Definition 2. Usage: Modern 3. Anagrams 4. Orthography | 5. Bibliography |
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