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Definitions: Enthusiasm |
EnthusiasmNoun1. A feeling of excitement. 2. Overflowing with enthusiasm. 3. A lively interest; "enthusiasm for his program is growing". Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "enthusiasm" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1615. (references) |
Etymology: Enthusiasm \En*thu"si*asm\, noun. [from Greek expression, from to be inspired or possessed by the god, from inspired: compare to enthousiasme. See Entheal, Theism.]. (Websters 1913) |
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Satire | ENTHUSIASM, n. A distemper of youth, curable by small doses of repentance in connection with outward applications of experience. Byron, who recovered long enough to call it "entuzy-muzy," had a relapse, which carried him off -- to Missolonghi. Source: Devil's Dictionary. |
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Synonyms: EnthusiasmSynonyms: ebullience (n), exuberance (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Feeling | Warmth, glow, unction, gusto, vehemence; fervor, fervency; heartiness, cordiality; earnestness, eagerness; empressement, gush, ardor, zeal, passion, enthusiasm, verve, furore, fanaticism; excitation of feeling; fullness of the heart; (disposition); passion; (state of excitability); ecstasy; (pleasure). |
Hope | Hopefulness, buoyancy, optimism, enthusiasm, heart of grace, aspiration. |
Love | Yearning, gr/eros/gr, tender passion, amour; gyneolatry; gallantry, passion, flame, devotion, fervor, enthusiasm, transport of love, rapture, enchantment, infatuation, adoration, idolatry. |
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Screenplays | One shouldn't be too hard on oneself when the object of one's affection returns the favor with rather less enthusiasm than one might have hoped. (The Object of My Affection; writing credit: Wendy Wasserstein. Based on the novel by Stephen McCauley.) Apart from your incredibly uninfectious enthusiasm have you anything else to contribute- (Buffy the Vampire Slayer; writing credit: Doreen Spicer) It is most gratifying that your enthusiasm for our planet continues unabated. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) They eat liars with the same enthusiasm as they eat honest men. (20,000 Leagues Under the Sea; writing credit: Jules Verne; Earl Felton) Discipline is not the enemy of enthusiasm. (Lean on Me; writing credit: Michael Schiffer) | |
Clever | Depression is merely anger without enthusiasm. (references; author: unknown) The fellow who is fired with enthusiasm for his work is seldom fired by his boss. (references; author: unknown) | |
Movie/TV Titles | Curb Your Enthusiasm (2000) | |
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 | His revenge : time: any morning at 4:15 Mr. Diggs, having been kept up late for the last twenty years and rebuked for his lack of interest, develops a sudden enthusiasm : Mrs. Diggs and the girls now do the waiting.Credit: Library of Congress. |  | War production drive. The enthusiasm generated by the War Production Drive is graphically shown by this picture of Westinghouse employees attending a rally sponsored by the War Production Board (WPB) Joint Committee. Army, Navy and union officials spoke a.Credit: Library of Congress. |
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Author Unknown | Enthusiasm will be as contagious as ever. |
| The golden thread through it is enthusiasm and determination. | |
| Year's wrinkle the skin; but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. | |
Benjamin Disraeli | Every production of genius must be the production of enthusiasm. |
Blaise Pascal | Earnestness is enthusiasm tempered by reason. |
Ralph Waldo Emerson | Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm. |
Samuel Smiles | Enthusiasm... the sustaining power of all great action. |
Steven Wright | Depression is nothing but anger without enthusiasm. |
William Blake | Mere enthusiasm is the all in all. |
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Communist Manifesto | 1848 | It has pitilessly torn asunder the motley feudal ties that bound man to his "natural superiors," and has left remaining no other nexus between man and man than naked self-interest, than callous "cash payment." It has drowned the most heavenly ecstasies of religious fervour, of chivalrous enthusiasm, of philistine sentimentalism, in the icy water of egotistical calculation. (reference) |
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Sylvie and Bruno Concluded | Carroll, Lewis | Bruno adopted the idea with enthusiasm. |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | Everything that falls in this wise is not necessarily worthy of enthusiasm and respect. |
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Health | With the advent of this therapeutic role there has been much enthusiasm in utilizing endoscopic techniques in managing high-risk patients. (references) | |
As the pressures for more service grow and the enthusiasm for providing it declines, the nagging questions about effectiveness of care will intensify. (references) | ||
The XXY men were more likely to have had histories of scholastic failure, depression and other psychological problems, and to lack energy and enthusiasm. (references) | ||
Business | Product and industry knowledge, track record, enthusiasm and commitment should be weighted heavily. (references) | |
Enthusiasm shown at the Study USA exhibition indicates U.S. institutions are a high-demand destination for overseas study by Koreans. (references) | ||
While Korea has already undertaken many of the measures required to reform its financial sector, a timely recovery and domestic political considerations may have tempered the nation's enthusiasm for change. (references) | ||
Economic History | Serbia and Montenegro | Meanwhile, polls showed that workers and managers in 300 firms lacked any enthusiasm for privatization. (references) |
Guatemala | Reputation, product and industry knowledge, track record, enthusiasm and commitment should be weighed heavily. (references) | |
Ukraine | The first is an enthusiasm for Western products, and the second is the belief that local products are much more reliable. (references) | |
Political Economy | Poland | While all major political parties are in favor of Poland joining the EU (which means Poland will have to adjust its laws and regulations to comport with the EU's acquis communautaire), they differ in their level of enthusiasm. (references) |
OMAN | Though the government in Oman selected international advisors for planned privatizations in the telecommunications sector in 1999, the project missed the wave of telecoms enthusiasm, and now appears to be on hold in hope of a general economic upturn. (references) | |
BANGLADESH | During the flood-induced economic crisis in 1998, Bangladesh signaled a willingness to enter into another loan program; however, as the Bangladeshi economy recovered smartly from economic disruptions caused by the floods, Bangladesh's enthusiasm for a new loan program waned. (references) | |
Lexicography | Devil's Dictionary | DELUSION, n. The father of a most respectable family, comprising Enthusiasm, Affection, Self-denial, Faith, Hope, Charity and many other goodly sons and daughters. All hail, Delusion! Were it not for thee The world turned topsy-turvy we should see; For Vice, respectable with cleanly fancies, Would fly abandoned Virtue's gross advances. Mumfrey Mappel |
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Dennis Miller | We have government leaders who are more bought than a hooker's enthusiasm. |
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James Madison | 1809-1817 | We see them rushing with enthusiasm to the scenes where danger and duty call. |
Franklin Pierce | 1853-1857 | To every theory of society or government, whether the offspring of feverish ambition or of morbid enthusiasm, calculated to dissolve the bonds of law and affection which unite us, I shall interpose a ready and stern resistance. |
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| "Enthusiasm" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 99.97% of the time. "Enthusiasm" is used about 2,923 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 |
| Noun (singular) | 99.97% | 2,922 | 3,197 |
| Noun (common) | 0.03% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 2,923 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
Expressions using "enthusiasm": arouse enthusiasm ♦ enthusiasm for work ♦ fill with enthusiasm ♦ have a burst of enthusiasm ♦ in a fit of enthusiasm ♦ in a fit of wild enthusiasm ♦ kindle enthusiasm ♦ wave of enthusiasm ♦ wild enthusiasm. Additional references. | |
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Ending with "enthusiasm": over-enthusiasm. | |
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| 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. |
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Afrikaan | geesdrif (alacrity), besieling (alacrity, inspiration). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Albanian | entuziazëm (ebullience, ebulliency, fervency, fervor, fervour, flight, rage, verve), ngazëllim (cheer, ecstasy, elation, exultancy, exultation, flush, gladness, jubilance, Jubilate, jubilation, kick, rapture, vibrancy, vibration), mahnitje (admiration, astonishment, marvel). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Arabic | ولولة (fancy, howl, ululation), حمية (ardor, ardour, diet, flush, regimen, zeal), حماسة (abandonment, ardor, ardour, eagerness, ebullience, elan, fervency, fervor, fervour, fire, glow, heartiness, impetus, intense interest, keenness, mettle, rage, responsiveness, warmth, zeal), حماس (fire, heartiness, intense interest), تعصب ديني (bigot, devoutness, fundamentalist, ultra orthodox). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Bulgarian | възторг (admiration, delight, ecstasy, elan, exaltation, fire, jubilance, rapture, ravishment, transport), ентусиазъм (verve, warmth). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | 热情, 熱心 (ardent, enthusiastic, warmhearted, zeal, zealous, zest), 積極性 (activity, initiative, zeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Czech | elán (Ardor, ardour, bounce, buoyancy, drive, eagerness, elan, guts, high spirits, pep, spirit, verve, vim, vivacity, zest), zanícení (Ardor, ardour, rapture), zápal (fervor, fervour, heat, verve, zeal), nadšení (Ardor, ardour, high spirits, passion, thrill, zeal, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | begejstring (alacrity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | geestdrift (alacrity, verve, vivacity), enthousiasme (alacrity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Esperanto | entuziasmo. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Faeroese | eldhugi (alacrity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Farsi | هواخواهی باحرارت , وجدوسرور, غیرت (Ardor, Mettle, Zeal, Zealotry), جدیت (Gravity), اشتیاق (Anxiety, Appetite, Avidity, Heat, Hunger, Solicitude, Thirst), شوروذوق . (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | innostus (alacrity, interest, verve, vivacity). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | enthousiasme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | begeisterung (accent, alacrity, Ardor, ardour, elation, emphasis, exaltation, fondness, frenzy, gusto, keenness, rapture, rapturousness, verve, vivacity, zest), enthusiasmus (alacrity, mettle). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | ενθουσιασμόσ (elan, jubilation, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hebrew | ל"יטות (ardour, eagerness, excitement, gusto, passion), "תל"בות (eagerness, elan, excitement, fervor, gusto, incandescence, inspiration, verve, zeal, zest), ל"בות (ardour, fervency). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | rajongás (adoration, devotion, exaltation, fanaticism, infatuation), lelkesedés (ardor, ardour, eagerness, exaltation, high spirits, infatuation, rave, verve, warmth, zeal, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Indonesian | kegairahan (fervor, passion), gelora semangat, gelora (seething, turbulence), antusiasme. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | entusiasmo (alacrity, ardor, ardour, gusto, rapturousness, zest). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | 鞭' (encouragement, urging), 熱度 (degree of heat, temperature), 熱気 (feverish, heat, hot air), 熱意 (zeal), 熱心 (zeal), 熱中 (mania, nuts!, zeal), マトリックス力学 (enthusiast, madeleine, mademoiselle, madonna, Madras, Madras check, Madrid, madrigal, mania, maniac, manicure, manierisme, manifesto, Manila, manipulate, manipulation, manipulator, Manitoba, manners, mannish, mannish look, manual, manual manipulator, manufacture, manuscript, matrix dynamics, minutia, muddler, mutton, sailor), 情熱 (passion, zeal), 意気込み (ardor), 御鞭' (encouragement, urging), "鞭' (encouragement, urging), 忘我 (ecstasy, trance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | マニア (mania), ねつど (degree of heat, temperature), ねつい (zeal), ねっし" (zeal), ねっちゅう (mania, nuts!, zeal), ねっき (heat, hot air), べ"たつ (encouragement, urging), ぼうが (ecstasy, trance), いき"み (ardor), "べ"たつ (encouragement, urging), じょうねつ (passion, zeal). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Korean | 열의. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Manx | jeid (industry, industry speed, keenness, sharpness), jeeanid (ardour, assiduity, avidity, eagerness, earnestness, fervour, intenseness, proneness, vehemence, zeal), ard-jeeanid. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Norwegian | entusiasme, begeistring (exuberance). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | enthusiasmay entuzjazm (alacrity). (various references) entusiasmo (alacrity, ebulliency, ebullient, enthusiast, exciter, flaring, glow, intoxication, verve, warmth, zeal, zealotry, zest). (various references) extaz (bliss, ecstasy, ecstatic fit, rapture, trance), entuziasm (elan, elation, fire, fume, gusto, mettle, passion, pathos), elan (Ardor, ardour, briskness, elan, elk, go, impetus, moose, soar, soaring, spring, stir, upsurge), pornire de sentimente, patos (pathos), delir (delirium, ecstasy, madness, mania, raving), avânt (approach, dash, elan, fire, flight, impetus, lift, momentum, run, soar, soaring, spring, take off, upsurge), însufleţire (animation, briskness, fervour, life, liveliness, soar, zeal), înfocare (ardour, fire, warmth), înflãcãrare (ardour, fervour, fire, glow, inflammation, pathos, rampancy). (various references) энтузиазм (ardour, zeal). (various references) entuzijazam, elan (dash, elan, panache, verve), zanos (delirium, fascination, fervor, fervour, flush, inspiration, ravishment, trance), oduševljenje (ardor, ardour, kindling, spirit, verve). (various references) entusiasmo (Ardor, ardour, ebullience, ebulliency, gusto, light, liveliness, relish, warmth, zeal, zest). (various references) entusiasm (alacrity, avidity, oomph, zeal), hänförelse (alacrity, ebullience, ebulliency, elan, exaltation, rapture). (various references) สิ่งกระตุ้นความสนใจ, ความกระตือรือร้น (eagerness, earnestness, energy, fire). (various references) xevk (alacrity, fervour, zeal), istek (adjuration, alacrity, appetite, aspiration, avidity, bent, claim, demand, desire, device, devoutness, disposition, earnestness, grace, hunger, instance, intentness, mind, pleasure, propensity, readiness, relish, request, requirement, requisition, stomach, studiousness, suit, urge, want, will, wish, zeal), heyecan (affect, agitation, animation, Ardor, ardour, bang, commotion, dither, drama, emotion, exaltation, excitement, ferment, fermentation, fever, fire, flap, flurry, flush, flutter, furor, furore, glow, kick, pucker, razzle-dazzle, rhapsody, ruffle, sensation, shiver, spice, spring tide, stir, taking, tension, the shivers, thrill, tingle, twitter, vibes, vibration, wallop, warmth, yeast), heves (alacrity, ambition, anxiety, Ardor, ardour, brio, cult, desire, eagerness, fad, fancy, fit, freak, furor, furore, grace, inclination, itch, keenness, maggot, nine days' wonder, notion, relish, stomach, studiousness, whim, whimsey, whimsy, zeal), hayranlık (admiration, adoration, compliment, love, reverence, wonder), gayret (Ardor, ardour, assiduity, conation, effort, endeavor, endeavour, energy, exertion, fervency, fervor, fervour, go, hastiness, industry, intentness, keenness, nerve, pep, push, sedulity, slog, snap, spurt, strenuousness, struggle, studiousness, tug, vim, zeal, zip), coşkunluk (abundance, colour, cyclone, ebullience, ebulliency, ecstasy, effusion, effusiveness, exaltation, exuberance, exuberancy, fervor, fervour, flush, frenzy, vehemence, vibrancy), coşku (ebullition, ecstasy, effervescence, elation, excitement, exuberance, exuberancy, furor, furore, glow, gush, rave, rhapsody, spring tide, temperament, yeast), şevk (animation, ardour, desire, eagerness, elan, fervency, fervor, fervour, glow, mettle, spirit, spiritedness, verve). (various references) entuziazm (r). (various references) захоплення (admiration, applause, capture, catch, delight, dementia, ecstasy, encroachment, grab, gust, hold, interest, mania, occupation, pre emption, rapture), екстаз (ecstasy, furor, rapt, rapture, trance), ентузіазм (ardency, ardour, ebullience, ebulliency, warmth, zeal). (various references) sự nhiệt tình, sự hăng hái (ardour, burning, fire, impassionedness, keenness, mustard, snap, spirit, verve). (various references) brwdfrydedd (ardor). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | studia, studiis, studio, studiorum, studium. (various references) |
| French | 1500-Modern | verve. (various references) |
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Derivations | |
Words beginning with "enthusiasm": enthusiasms. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "enthusiasm": overenthusiasm. (additional references) | |
Words containing "enthusiasm": overenthusiasms. (additional references) | |
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"Enthusiasm" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: enthisiasm, enthoosiasm, enthousiasm, enthousiasme, enthsiasm, enthusiam, enthusiamsm, enthusiasim, enthusiasum, enthusiesm, enthusuasm, entusiasm, entusiasmo, ethusiasm, henthusiasm. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "enthusiasm" (pronounced enthuw"zēa'zum) |
| 4 | -a' z u m | cytoplasm, iconoclasm, neoplasm, sarcasm. |
| 3 | -z u m | abolitionism, absenteeism, absolutism, activism, adventurism, agrarianism, alcoholism, altruism, amateurism, anachronism, aneurism, animism, antagonism, aphorism, astigmatism, atavism, atheism, authoritarianism, autism, baptism, barbarism, bilingualism, bolshevism, boosterism, bosom, botulism, cannibalism, capitalism, careerism, catechism, centralism, chasm, chauvinism, classicism, collectivism, colonialism, commercialism, communism, conservatism, consumerism, corporatism, counterterrorism, creationism, criticism, cronyism, cubism, cynicism, dandyism, defeatism, deism, despotism, determinism, diamagnetism, diastrophism, dimorphism, dogmatism, Druidism, dualism, dwarfism, dynamism, egalitarianism, egoism, egotism, electromagnetism, elitism, embolism, emotionalism, empiricism, entrepreneurialism, environmentalism, ergotism, eroticism, escapism, ethnocentrism, euphemism, evangelism, expansionism, expressionism, extremism, factionalism, fanaticism, fascism, fatalism, favoritism, federalism, feminism, ferromagnetism, fetishism, feudalism, formalism, fundamentalism, futurism, geotropism, gnosticism, gradualism, hedonism, helotism, heroism, hooliganism, humanism, hypnotism, idealism, illusionism, imperialism, impressionism, incrementalism, individualism, intellectualism, internationalism, interventionism, Irredentism, ism, isolationism, isomorphism, jingoism, journalism, leftism, legalism, lesbianism, liberalism, lyricism, magnetism, mannerism, masochism, materialism, mechanism, mercantilism, mesmerism, metabolism, methodism, microcosm, microorganism, militarism, minimalism, modernism, monasticism, monetarism, monism, monotheism, moralism, multiculturalism, multilateralism, mutualism, mysticism, narcissism, nationalism, nativism, naturalism, negativism, nepotism, neutralism, nihilism, obstructionism, opportunism, optimism, organism, orgasm, ostracism, overoptimism, pacifism, paganism, parallelism, parkinsonism, parochialism, pastoralism, paternalism, patriotism, perfectionism, pessimism, phantasm, pharisaism, pietism, plagiarism, pluralism, polymorphism, polytheism, populism, positivism, pragmatism, prism, professionalism, protectionism, provincialism, puritanism, racialism, racism, radicalism, realism, recidivism, relativism, republicanism, revisionism, rheumatism, romanticism, sadism, satanism, schism, sectarianism, secularism, sensationalism, separatism, sexism, skepticism, socialism, spasm, statism, stoicism, supernaturalism, surrealism, symbolism, synergism, territorialism, terrorism, theism, tokenism, totalitarianism, tourism, truism, unionism, vandalism, vegetarianism, vigilantism, voluntarism, volunteerism, voyeurism. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-e-h-i-m-n-s-s-t-u" | |
-1 letter: humanises, humanists. | |
-2 letters: animuses, anthesis, atheisms, hematins, hiatuses, humanest, humanise, humanist, mantises, matiness, mistunes, mushiest, shanties, sheitans, sinuates, sthenias, tsunamis. | |
-3 letters: anthems, ashiest, atheism, aunties, autisms, entasis, etamins, haemins, hassium, hastens, hausens, hematin, hessian, hetmans, humates, inhumes, inmates, inseams, issuant, isthmus, manitus, mashies, messiah, minuets, minuses, minutes, miseats, misseat, missent, mistune, mutases, mutines. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-e-h-i-m-n-s-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: enthusiasms. | |
+3 letters: languishments. | |
+4 letters: amateurishness, overenthusiasm. | |
+5 letters: overenthusiasms, superhumanities. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)45 6E 74 68 75 73 69 61 73 6D |
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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)01000101 01101110 01110100 01101000 01110101 01110011 01101001 01100001 01110011 01101101 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)E n t h u s i a s m |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0045 006E 0074 0068 0075 0073 0069 0061 0073 006D |
| 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)39808674878575678579 |
| 1. Definition 2. Synonyms 3. Crosswords 4. Usage: Modern | 5. Usage: Commercial 6. Images: Slideshow 7. Images: Photo Album 8. Quotations: Familiar | 9. Quotations: Historic 10. Quotations: Fiction 11. Quotations: Non-fiction 12. Quotations: Spoken | 13. Quotations: Speeches 14. Usage Frequency 15. Expressions 16. Expressions: Internet | 17. Translations: Modern 18. Translations: Ancient 19. Derivations 20. Rhymes | 21. Anagrams 22. Orthography 23. Bibliography |
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