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Definition: Homeric |
HomericAdjective1. Relating to or characteristic of Homer or his age or the works attributed to him; "Homeric Greek". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "Homeric" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1830. (references) |
Etymology: Homeric \Ho*mer"ic\, adjective. [Latin expression Homericus, Greek "Omhriko`s.]. (references) |
Crosswords: Homeric |
| English words defined with "Homeric": Ionic dialect, Ithaca, Ithaki. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "Homeric": Lotus-eaters. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Homeric" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. Romanian (homeric). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Impetuous! Homeric! (The Quiet Man; writing credit: Frank S. Nugent; Maurice Walsh) | |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Sketch of a vase from Homeric Troy (from memory) / [by] CG. Credit: Library of Congress. |  | Natacha Rambova, former wife of the late Rudolph Valentino, arrives in New York City on the S.S. Homeric. Credit: Library of Congress. |
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| "Homeric" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 96.15% of the time. "Homeric" is used about 52 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) | 96.15% | 50 | 48,117 |
| Noun (proper) | 3.85% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Total | 100.00% | 52 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "Homeric": homeric laughter ♦ Homeric verse. Additional references. | |
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "Homeric": post-homeric. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 |
homeric tour | 45 |
homeric | 12 |
homeric hymn | 6 |
homeric poem | 5 |
cruise homeric | 5 |
the homeric hymn to demeter | 4 |
homeric similes | 3 |
homeric greek | 3 |
homeric work | 2 |
homeric mv | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "Homeric"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Arabic | هوميري منسوب لهوميروس الش. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | омировски. (various references) | |
Chinese | 荷马. (various references) | |
French | homérique. (various references) | |
Greek | ομηρικόσ. (various references) | |
Hungarian | homéroszi. (various references) | |
Italian | omerico. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | omerichay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | homrico. (various references) | |
Romanian | homeric. (various references) | |
Russian | гомеровский, гомерический. (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | homerski. (various references) | |
Spanish | homérico. (various references) | |
Swedish | homerisk. (various references) | |
Ukrainian | гомеричний. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Misspellings | |
"Homeric" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Eormenric, Haimeric, Hamari, Himeji, Hoheria, Holmavik, Homero, Humayrim, oneiric. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "Homeric" (pronounced 'Ho*mer"ic'): Abdominothoracic, Abietic, Abietinic, Abiogenetic, Ablastemic, Abrahamic, Acerbic, Aceric, Acetonic, Achromatic, Achronic, Acidic, Acidific, Aclinic, Acologic, Acopic, Acroatic, Acrobatic, Acrocephalic, Acromonogrammatic, Acrotic, Acrylic, Actinic, Actinolitic, Actinophonic, Adelocodonic, Adenographic, Adenotomic, Adiabatic, Adiactinic, Adipic, Adipolytic, Adonic, Adriatic, Adynamic, AEolotropic, Aerobiotic, Aerodynamic, Aerolitic, AEsthesodic, Agamic, Agamogenetic, Agenesic, Agnatic, Agonic, Agonothetic, Agraphic, Agrypnotic, Albinotic, Alcaic. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "c-e-h-i-m-o-r" | |
-1 letter: chimer, chrome, coheir, heroic, homier. | |
-2 letters: chemo, chime, chirm, chiro, choir, chore, comer, crime, hemic, homer, ichor, miche, micro, moire, ocher, ochre, ohmic. | |
-3 letters: cero, cire, coir, come, core, corm, echo, emic, emir, heir, herm, hero, hire, hoer, home, mice, mire, more, omer, rice, rich, rime. | |
-4 letters: chi, cor, hem, her, hic, hie, him. | |
| Words containing the letters "c-e-h-i-m-o-r" | |
+1 letter: bichrome, chromide, chromite, chromize, trichome. | |
+2 letters: chemisorb, cherimoya, chromides, chromites, chromized, chromizes, morphemic, trichomes. | |
+3 letters: amphoteric, bichromate, chairwomen, chemisorbs, cherimoyas, chloramine, choreiform, cochairmen, dichromate, echinoderm, enharmonic, exothermic, geomorphic, hematocrit, heroicomic, homoerotic, hypodermic, metaphoric, microfiche, microphage, microphone, monarchies, morphemics, nomarchies, thermionic. | |
+4 letters: achromatize, amenorrheic, archegonium, atmospheric, bichromated, bichromates, bimorphemic, chemisorbed, chernozemic, chiromancer, chloramines, choirmaster, chrominance, chromogenic, chromomeric, chrysomelid, comradeship, coppersmith, demographic, dichromates, echinoderms, ectomorphic, ectothermic, endomorphic, endothermic, euchromatic, euchromatin, heliometric, hematocrits, hemimorphic, hemorrhagic, heteroecism, hydrometric, hygrometric, hypodermics, hypothermic, hypsometric, marchioness, meromorphic, mesomorphic, mesonephric, mesospheric, mesotrophic, metamorphic, microfiches, microinches, micromethod, microphages, microphones, microsphere, morphogenic, mycorrhizae, photometric, pleochroism, pleomorphic, theorematic, thermionics, thermocline, thermoduric, xerothermic. | |
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