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Definition: CICERONIAN |
CICERONIANAdjective1. Resembling Cicero in style or action; eloquent. |
Date "CICERONIAN" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Ciceronian \Cic`e*ro"ni*an\, adjective. [Latin expression Ciceronianus, from Cicero, the orator.]. (Websters 1913) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Elegance | Adjective: elegant, polished, classical, Attic, correct, Ciceronian, artistic; chaste, pure, Saxon, academical. |
Speech | Adjective: speaking; spoken; Verb: oral, lingual, phonetic, not written, unwritten, outspoken; eloquent, elocutionary; oratorical, rhetorical; declamatory; grandiloquent; talkative; Ciceronian, nuncupative, Tullian. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: CICERONIAN |
| English words defined with "CICERONIAN": Ciceronianism. (references) |
| Domain | Title |
Books | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | The Ciceronian period, hardly sufficient upon Verres, would lose its edge upon Caligula. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
| "CICERONIAN" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "CICERONIAN" is used about 3 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) | 100% | 3 | 202,518 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| 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 |
ciceronian | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "CICERONIAN"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | që flet bukur. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | شيشروني. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | цицероновски. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | elegantní (becoming, dapper, dashing, dressy, elegant, fashionable, full-fashioned, glamorous, glamourous, graceful, light-some, natty, neat, sleek, smart, snappy, sophisticated, Spruce, swanky, swell, trim). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | cicéronien. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | cicerói. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | iceroniancay clássico (antique, attic, classic, classical), ciceroniano, eloquente (eloquent, mealy mouthed, silver, silver-tongued, speaking). (various references) цицероновский. (various references) čičeronski. (various references) ciceroniano. (various references) ciceronsk. (various references) цицеронівський, красномовний (eloquent, oratorical). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Misspellings | |
"CICERONIAN" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: sicyonian. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "CICERONIAN" (pronounced 'Cic`e*ro"ni*an'): Abderian, Absinthian, Academian, Academician, Acadian, Acanthopterygian, Acaridan, Achean, Achillean, Acoustician, Acritan, Acroceraunian, Acropolitan, Adamantean, Adessenarian, Adonean, Adrian, AEgean, AEolian, AEonian, AEsculapian, AEsthetican, Ahriman, Airman, Airwoman, Alabastrian, Alan, Alban, Albanian, Albigensian, Aldebaran, Alderman, Alexandrian, Algerian, Algonkian, Algonquian, Alkoran, Alloxan, Almsman, Alogian, Alongshoreman, Alphabetarian, Altitudinarian, Amatorian, Amazonian, Amebean, Ametabolian, Amoebean, Amoebian, Amphigean. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-n-n-o-r" | |
-2 letters: ciceroni, cocinera. | |
-3 letters: acronic, anionic, cannier, canonic, cinerin, cocaine, concern, coniine, cornice, crocein, crocine, narcein, oceanic, oneiric. | |
-4 letters: acinic, aeonic, ancone, cancer, canine, canner, cannie, carnie, cicero, cocain, coiner, conine, conner, cornea, encina, eonian, iconic, inaner, irenic, ironic, narine, niacin, orcein, recoin. | |
-5 letters: acini, acorn, ancon, anion, areic, cairn, caner, canoe, canon, cerci, ceria. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-c-e-i-i-n-n-o-r" | |
+2 letters: carcinogenic, interoceanic. | |
+3 letters: incarceration, revaccination. | |
+4 letters: anticarcinogen, carcinogenesis, cocarcinogenic, concessionaire, concretization, contraindicate, econometrician, incarcerations, reconciliation, revaccinations. | |
+5 letters: anticarcinogens, anticholinergic, carcinogenicity, concessionaires, concretizations, confectionaries, contraindicated, contraindicates, counterclaiming, econometricians, frenchification, noncarcinogenic, noncertificated, nonhierarchical, reconciliations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)43 49 43 45 52 4F 4E 49 41 4E |
| 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)01000011 01001001 01000011 01000101 01010010 01001111 01001110 01001001 01000001 01001110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)C I C E R O N I A N |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0043 0049 0043 0045 0052 004F 004E 0049 0041 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)37433739524948433548 |
| Language | Coverage | Language Translations |
Albanian | fjalor, qartësi, përcaktim, saktësi, transmetim, transferim | shqip, الألبانية, الألباني, албанец, албански език, албански, albánský, Albanais, albán, albanês, албанский, albanski, albanac, albanés, alban, албанський, албанка, албанець |
Arabic | معجم, قاموس, الوضوحية في الشيء, حد, تحديد, تعريف, التحديد, الإيضاحية, ترجمة من لغة أجنبية للغة الأم, ترجمة, إفتتان | arabishte, العربية, عربي, اللغة العربية, арабски език, арабски, arabský, arabština, arabe, arab, арабский, arapski, árabe, arabisk, арабська мова, арабський |
Bulgarian | речник, яснота, сила, очертания, дефиниция, транслация, превеждане, предаване, поддаване, тълкуване, огъване, превод | bulgr, البلغارية, بلغاري, български, български език, българин, bulharský, bolgár, болгарский, болгарин, bugarski jezik, bugarski, bugarka, bugarin, búlgaro, bulgar, болгарський |
Czech | slovník, definice, překlad | çek, تشيكي, اللغة التشيكوسلوفاكية, التشيكي أحد أبناء تشيكوسلوفاكيا, чешки, èesky, èeské, èech, èeština, èeský, èeška, tchèque, cseh, чешский, češki jezik, čeh, češki, checo, tjeck, чех, чеська мова, чеський, чешка |
French | dictionnaire, définition, traduction | frëngjishte, frëng, franceze, اللغة الفرنسية, فرنسي, الشعب الفرنسي, френски език, френски, francouzský, francouzština, français, francia, francês, французский, francuski jezik, francuski, francuzi, francés, fransk, franska, французька мова, французький |
Hungarian | szótár, meghatározás, definíció, fordítás | مجري, المجري, الهنغاري, هنغاري, اللغة الهنغارية, унгарски език, унгарски, унгарец, maïarský, maïarština, maïar, hongrois, magyar, венгр, венгерский, mađarski jezik, mađarski, mađar, húngaro, ungrare, угорська мова, угорський, угорка, угорець |
Portuguese | dicionário, definição, tradução | portugez, portugalisht, اللغة البرتغالية, البرتغالية, البرتغالي, португалски, португалски език, португалец, portugalský, portugais, portugál, português, португальский, portugalski jezik, portugalac, portugalski, portugués, portugis, португальський, португальська мова, португалець |
Russian | словарь, определение, трансляция, сдвиг, перевод, перемещение | روسي, اللغة الروسية, الروسية, руски език, руски, руснак, ruština, ruský, orosz, русский, ruski jezik, ruski, ruso, ryss, росіянка, росіянин, російська мова, російський |
Serbo-Croatian | leksikon, rečnik, definicija, tumačenje | servo-croata, srpsko-hrvatski jezik, srpsko-hrvatski, serbokroatiska, serbokroatisk |
Spanish | diccionario, definición, traducción | spanjoll, اللغة الأسبانية, الأسبانية, أسباني, испански език, испански, španìlský, španìlština, espagnol, spanyol, espanhol, испанский, španski, španski jezik, español, spanska språk, spansk, іспанський, іспанська мова |
Swedish | ordbok, lexikon, definition, översättning | suedez, اللغة السويدية, шведски, шведски език, швед, švédský, švédština, suédois, svéd, шведский, švedski jezik, švedski, sueco, svensk, шведська мова, шведський |
Ukranian | словник, довідник, чіткість, тлумачення, виразність, визначення, дефініція, ясність, чітка чутність, процес перекладу, переклад, пояснення, переміщення | |
English | Dictionary, Definition, Translation | anglezët, anglez, gjuhë zngleze, anglishte, anglisht, الإنجليزية, الأنكليزي, إنكليزي, ترجمة إنكليزية, اللغة الإنكليزية, английски език, английски, англичаните, anglicky, anglais, angol, inglês, английский, engleski, englez, engleski jezik, inglés, engelsk, англійський, англійці, англійська мова |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Commercial 4. Quotations: Fiction | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Expressions: Internet 7. Translations: Modern 8. Derivations | 9. Rhymes 10. Anagrams 11. Orthography 12. Bibliography |
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