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Definition: Aorist |
AoristNoun1. A verb tense in some languages (classical Greek; Sanskrit) expressing action (especially past) without indicating its completion or continuation. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "aorist" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Course | Aorist. |
The Present Time | Aorist. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Aorist |
| English words defined with "aorist": aoristic. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Aorist" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Serbo-Croatian (aorist), Turkish (aorist). |
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Young Zaphod Plays It Safe | Douglas Adams | said the official, examining the ultra-titanium outer seals of the aorist rod hold. |
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| 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 |
aorist | 5 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "aorist"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | gyn cagliagh (boundless, limitless, unbounded), aoristagh. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | aoristay aorist. (various references) aoristo. (various references) aorist, geniş zaman. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "aorist": aoristic, aoristically, aorists. (additional references) | |
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"Aorist" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: aeriest, agorist, airest, Aprista, arist, Aroint, aronist, auris, aurit, aurlism, autist, uxoris. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "aorist" (pronounced 'A"o*rist'): Adiaphorist, Allegorist, Amorist, Antichrist, Aphorist, Apiarist, Arist, Augurist, Aurist, Belle-lettrist, Caricaturist, Categorist, Catharist, Chiaroscurist, Chorist, Christ, Contrist, Decembrist, florist, Frist, Gemarist, Glossarist, grist, jurist, Luxurist, Mediocrist, Memorist, Metrist, militarist, Mistrist, Optometrist, Patrist, Petaurist, Piarist, Plagiarist, Probabiliorist, Querist, Questrist, Rist, Sacrist, Sanhedrist, Sanitarist, Sectarist, Semaphorist, Sententiarist, Septembrist, Sinecurist, Spagyrist, Summarist, Symmetrist. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: aristo, ratios, satori. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-o-r-s-t" | |
-1 letter: airts, astir, iotas, ostia, ratio, ratos, riots, roast, rotas, rotis, sitar, stair, stoai, stria, taros, tarsi, tiros, toras, torsi, trios, trois. | |
-2 letters: airs, airt, aits, arts, iota, oars, oast, oats, orts, osar, rato, rats, rias, riot, rota, roti, rots, sari, sati, soar, sora, sori, sort, star, stir, stoa, taos, taro, tars, tiro. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-o-r-s-t" | |
+1 letter: airpost, amorist, aorists, aristos, aroints, oralist, ostiary, rations, rialtos, satoris, sautoir, shortia, tailors, thorias, travois, troikas, viators. | |
+2 letters: acrostic, acrotism, actorish, airboats, airports, airposts, amorists, amortise, aoristic, aphorist, apricots, arborist, arsonist, assistor, asteroid, atomiser, atropins, atropism, auditors, aviators, carotids, carotins, chariots, citators, diatrons, dilators, faitours, haricots, hoariest, intrados, isograft, isolator, janitors, jarosite, moralist, notaries, oralists, orations, orbitals, organist, orgastic, ostiolar, outraise, ovaritis, parodist, parotids, pastromi, patriots, piscator, prosaist, protasis, rainouts, ramosity, ricottas, roasting, rotaries, royalist, sarodist, sartorii, sautoire, sautoirs, senorita, shortias, solitary, strobila, strontia, taborins, toastier, tonsilar, tovarish, traitors, travoise, tritomas, varistor, viatores, vibratos, virtuosa, votaries, votarist. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 6F 72 69 73 74 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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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).- --- .-. .. ... - |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01101111 01110010 01101001 01110011 01110100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A o r i s t |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 006F 0072 0069 0073 0074 |
| 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)358184758586 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Manx | fockleyr, geyrid, meenaghey, keeayllaght, baght | Manninish, Manninagh, Gaelgagh, Yn Ghaelg, s ostrva mana, los habitantes de la isla de man, lengua de la isla de man, de la isla de man, man adası, man dili |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | Spaainish, Spaainagh, španski, španski jezik, español, ispanyollar, ispanyol, ispanyolca |
Turkish | sözlük, ansiklopedik sözlük, açıklama, belirleme, belirtme, kesinleştirme, tanım, tarif, seçiklik, tanımlama, tercüme | Yn Turkish, Turkagh, turski jezik, turski, turco, türkçe, türk |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | Sostynagh, Sostnagh, Baarlagh, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, ingiltere, ingiliz, Íngílízce, ingilizce, Íngílíz, ýngilizce |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Expressions: Internet 6. Translations: Modern 7. Derivations 8. Rhymes | 9. Anagrams 10. Orthography 11. Bibliography |
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