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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | Sleeveless Errand A fruitless errand. It should be written sleaveless, as it comes from sleave, ravelled thread, or the raw-edge of silk. In Troilus and Cressida, Thersi'tës the railer calls Patroclus an "idle immaterial skein of sleive silk" (v. 1). Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Slang in 1811 | SLEEVELESS ERRAND. A fool's errand, in search of what it is impossible to find. Source: 1811 Dictionary of the Vulgar Tongue. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Inutility | Noun: inutility; uselessness; Adjective: inefficacy, futility; ineptitude, inaptitude; unsubservience; inadequacy; (insufficiency); inefficiency.; (incompetence); unskillfulness; disservice; unfruitfulness;(unproductiveness).; labor in vain, labor lost, labor of Sisyphus; lost trouble, lost labor; work of Penelope; sleeveless errand, wild goose chase, mere farce. |
Unskillfulness | Cut blocks with a razor; hold a farthing candle to the sun; (useless); fight with a shadow, grasp at a shadow; catch at straws, lean on a broken reed, reckon without one's host, pursue a wild goose chase; go on a fool's goose chase, sleeveless errand; go further and fare worse; lose one's way, miss one's way; fail. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-e-e-e-l-l-n-r-r-s-s-s-v" | |
-4 letters: reservedness. | |
-5 letters: adverseness, levelnesses. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)53 4C 45 45 56 45 4C 45 53 53 45 52 52 41 4E 44 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010011 01001100 01000101 01000101 01010110 01000101 01001100 01000101 01010011 01010011 00100000 01000101 01010010 01010010 01000001 01001110 01000100 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)S L E E V E L E S S   E R R A N D |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0053 004C 0045 0045 0056 0045 004C 0045 0053 0053 0045 0052 0052 0041 004E 0044 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)534639395639463953532395252354838 |
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