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Definition: Blimpish |
BlimpishAdjective1. Pompously ultraconservative and nationalistic. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
| "Blimpish" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 66.67% of the time. "Blimpish" is used about 9 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) | 66.67% | 6 | 143,867 |
| Lexical Verb (base form) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (proper) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 11.11% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 9 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Language | Translations for "blimpish"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Vietnamese | ngoan cố phản động. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "blimpish": blimpishly, blimpishness, blimpishnesses. (additional references) | |
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"Blimpish" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: blimpishly, lippisch. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "b-h-i-i-l-m-p-s" | |
-2 letters: blimps, impish. | |
-3 letters: blimp, blips, impis, limbi, limbs, limps, pilis. | |
-4 letters: blip, hili, hips, ibis, impi, imps, libs, limb, limp, lips, lisp, mibs, mils, phis, pili, pish, shim, ship, simp, slim, slip. | |
-5 letters: bis, him, hip, his, imp, ism, lib, lip, lis, mib, mil, mis, phi, pis, psi, sib, sim, sip. | |
| Words containing the letters "b-h-i-i-l-m-p-s" | |
+2 letters: blimpishly. | |
+3 letters: amphibolies. | |
+4 letters: amphibiously, amphibolites, blimpishness, imperishable, imperishably. | |
+5 letters: amphibologies, bibliophilism, imperishables. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)42 6C 69 6D 70 69 73 68 |
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Morse Code (1836) (references)-... .-.. .. -- .--. .. ... .... |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000010 01101100 01101001 01101101 01110000 01101001 01110011 01101000 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)B l i m p i s h |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0042 006C 0069 006D 0070 0069 0073 0068 |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)3678757982758574 |
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