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PRODROMUS

Definition: PRODROMUS

PRODROMUS

Noun

1. A preliminary course or publication; -- used esp. in the titles of elementary works.

2. A prodrome.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Date "PRODROMUS" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1851. (references)

Etymology: Prodromus \Prod"ro*mus\, noun. [New Latin]. (Websters 1913)


Synonyms within Context: PRODROMUS

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Precursor

Noun: precursor, antecedent, precedent, predecessor; forerunner, vancourier, avant-coureur, pioneer, prodrome, prodromos, prodromus, outrider; leader, bellwether; herald, harbinger; foreboding; dawn; avant-courier, avant-garde, bellmare, forelooper, foreloper, stalking-horse, voorlooper, voortrekker.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: PRODROMUS

Non-English Usage: "PRODROMUS" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses.

Latin (forerunner).

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Commercial Usage: PRODROMUS

DomainTitle

Books

  • Revisions of Dioclerus, Harpedona Mertila, Myiocapsus, Prodromus, and Thaumastomiris (Heteroptera Miridae,...) (reference)

    (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: PRODROMUS

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.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

prodromus

8
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Rhyming with "PRODROMUS"

Words rhyming with "PRODROMUS" (pronounced 'Prod"ro*mus'): Accismus, Animus, Bulimus, Chiasmus, Cormus, Dedimus, Ginglymus, hippopotamus, humus, Hyoscyamus, IGNORAMUS, isthmus, Lithodomus, litmus, mandamus, marasmus, Minimus, Mittimus, Momus, Mus, Nystagmus, Polyphemus, Primus, Ramus, Rhythmus, strabismus, tenesmus, thalamus, Thymus, trismus, Ulmus, vaginismus. (additional references)

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Anagrams: PRODROMUS

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "d-m-o-o-p-r-r-s-u"

-2 letters: uropods.

-3 letters: dorsum, droops, duomos, morros, odours, porous, promos, rumors, sordor, uropod.

-4 letters: dooms, doors, dorms, dorps, dorrs, doums, droop, drops, drums, dumps, duomo, duros, durrs, modus, moods, moors, morro, murrs, odors, odour, ordos, poods, pours, prods, promo, proms, proso, proud, purrs, romps, roods, rooms, roups, rumor, rumps, sodom, sopor, spoor, sudor, updos.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Alternative Orthography: PRODROMUS


Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)

50 52 4F 44 52 4F 4D 55 53

Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)

American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)

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Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)

Braille (1829, in France) (references)

Morse Code (1836) (references)

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Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)

Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)

01010000 01010010 01001111 01000100 01010010 01001111 01001101 01010101 01010011

HTML Code (1990) (references)

&#80 &#82 &#79 &#68 &#82 &#79 &#77 &#85 &#83

ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)

0050 0052 004F 0044 0052 004F 004D 0055 0053

British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)

Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)

505249385249475553

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Crosswords
3. Usage: Commercial
4. Expressions: Internet
5. Rhymes
6. Anagrams
7. Orthography
8. Bibliography


  

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