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Definition: Kentish

Part of Speech Definition
Adjective 1. Being second-class.[Eve - graph theoretic]
Noun 1. One of the major dialects of Old English.[Wordnet]
2. A dialect of Middle English.[Wordnet].

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Date "Kentish" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1590. (references)

Common Expressions: Kentish

Expressions Definition
Battle of the Kentish Knock The naval Battle of the Kentish Knock (or the Battle of the Zealand Approaches) was fought on 8 October 1652 during the First Anglo-Dutch War near the shoal called the Kentish Knock in the North Sea about 30 km from the mouth of the river Thames. (references)
Kentish (Anglo-Saxon) Kentish was spoken in the Anglo-Saxon kingdom of Kent. It was one of four distinct dialects of Old English, the other three being Mercian, Northumbrian (known collectively as the Anglian dialects), and West Saxon. (references)
Kentish Fire Kentish Fire is vehement and prolonged derisive cheering. The practice is so called from indulgence in it in Kent at meetings to oppose the Catholic Emancipation Bill (when passed, the Catholic Emancipation Act of 1829). (references)
Kentish Plover The Kentish Plover, Charadrius alexandrinus, is a small wader in the plover bird family. Despite its name, this species no longer breeds in Great Britain. (references)
Kentish Town station Kentish Town station is a London Underground and National Rail station in the London Borough of Camden. The station is in Travelcard Zone 2. (references)
South Kentish Town tube station South Kentish Town tube station is a closed London Underground station. It was on the Northern Line between Camden Town and Kentish Town. The building still exists on Kentish Town Road. (references)

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

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Specialty Expressions: Kentish

Expressions Domain Definition
Kentish Fire Literature 1: Rapturous applause, or three times three and one more. The expression originated with Lord Winchelsea, who proposed the health of the Earl of Roden, on August 15th, 1834, and added, "Let it be given with the `Kentish Fire.' " In proposing another toast he asked permission to bring his "Kentish Artillery" again into action. Chambers, in his Encyclopaedia, says it arose from the protracted cheers given in Kent to the No-Popery orators in 1828-1829.
2: Mary Carlton, nicknamed The German Princess. She was transported to Jamaica in 1671; but, returning without leave, she was hanged at Tyburn, January 22nd, 1673. Source: Brewer's Dictionary.

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Extended Definition: Kentish

Kentish

Kentish may be used as a name:

  • Kentish Council is a local government area in Tasmania, Australia

Kentish may also be an adjective for things relating to the English county of Kent or the former Kingdom of Kent:

  • Kentish (Anglo-Saxon) dialect of Old English

See also

  • Kent

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia; from the article "Kentish". Image Credit.
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Topics by Level of Interest: Kentish

Topics sorted by level of Interest Level (1=low, 600=high)     Topics sorted Alphabetically Level (1=low, 600=high)
Kentish Town 31     Battle of the Kentish Knock 23
Battle of the Kentish Knock 23     Chronology of Kentish Kings 14
Kentish Town station 20     David Kentish 4
Chronology of Kentish Kings 14     Esmond Kentish 5
South Kentish Town tube station 14     John Kentish 2
Kentish Town West railway station 13     Kentish 4
Kentish Plover 9     Kentish (Anglo-Saxon) 2
Kentish Town F.C. 7     Kentish Council 7
Kentish Council 7     Kentish Fire 3
Esmond Kentish 5     Kentish Knock 2
Kentish 4     Kentish Plover 9
David Kentish 4     Kentish Town 31
Kentish Fire 3     Kentish Town F.C. 7
Kentish (Anglo-Saxon) 2     Kentish Town station 20
John Kentish 2     Kentish Town West railway station 13
Kentish Knock 2     South Kentish Town tube station 14

Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses).

Synonym: Kentish
Position Synonym (sorted by strength)

Other

 Jutish.
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Computed Synonyms: Kentish

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.1094   Kentish     with     at, to, on, by, in   
 2   1.1093   Kentish     through     by, on, in, with, for   
 3   1.0094   Kentish     genitival     genitive, possessive, radical, managerial, rascal   
 4   1.0094   Kentish     junior     young, youthful, inferior, subordinate, minor   
 5   1.0093   Kentish     leathern     leather, cutaneous, dermal, dermatoid, skinny   
 6   1.0093   Kentish     Nilotic     Nile, with, ultimo, for, of   
 7   1.0093   Kentish     gritty     courageous, brave, bold, sandy, plucky   
 8   1.0092   Kentish     downstate     upstate, uptown, replicate, down in the country, syne   
 9   1.0092   Kentish     from     of, on, to, by, for   
 10   1.0092   Kentish     over     above, on, across, through, beyond   
 11   1.0092   Kentish     lathery     foamy, frothy, scummy, spumy, sudsy   
 12   1.0092   Kentish     of     from, on, by, for, to   
 13   1.0092   Kentish     off     away, out, from, far, remote   
 14   1.0091   Kentish     managerial     administrative, executive, managing, directing, directorial   
 15   1.0087   Kentish     half-and-half     fifty-fifty, half, balance, double, contrast   
--------------------     25 synonyms ranked from 16 to 40 abridged     --------------------

Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Synonyms via Expressions: Kentish

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Word

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   1.0093   Kentish     out of     to, from, with   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Computed Expressions: Kentish

 Rank

 Intensity 

 Expression

 Synonyms

 Synonyms of synonym

 1   5.6692   Kentish plough     turnwrest plough     turnwrest plow   
 2   5.6687   Kentish plough     turnwrest swing plough     turnwrest plough   
 3   5.0389   Kentish plough     turnwrest plow     turnwrest plough   
 4   4.1085   Kentish cherries     morellos     sour cherries, acid cherries   
 5   1.8893   Kentish cherries     acid cherries     sour cherries, Morello cherries   
 6   1.8892   Kentish cherries     sour cherries     acid cherries, morello cherries   
 7   1.8892   Kentish cherries     griotte cherries     acid cherries, sour cherries   
Source: calculated by Eve using graph theory. "Intensity" is a score indicating the number of overlapping cliques where the word pair is found (an integer before the decimal); the first digit after the decimal is the number of overlapping terminal characters up to 9; the second characters is number of leading common characters up to 9; the last two digits measure the Levenshtein distance subtracted from 100. Top

Synonyms within Context: Kentish

Context Synonyms within Context

Amusement

Kentish fire, belly laugh, burst of laughter, cachinnation, cheer, chuckle, crow, fit of laughter, giggle, guffaw, hearty laugh, horse laugh, peal of laughter, roar of laughter, sgiggle, shout, shout of laughter, snicker, snigger, tiger, titter.

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Translations: Kentish

Language Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Albanian i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Albanian, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Armenian քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Armenian, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Armjanski Yazyk քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Armjanski Yazyk, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Arnaut i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Arnaut, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski кентски (Kentish), кентски диалект (Kentish), на графството Кент (Kentish), от (from, over, across, at, by), Морски дъждосвирец (Kentish Plover). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Balgarski (transliteration) kentski (Kentish), kentski dialekt (Kentish), na grafstvoto kent (Kentish), ot (from, over, across, at, by), morski dʺzhdosvirets (Kentish Plover). Additional references: Balgarski, Bulgaria, Greece, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Bohemian kentský (Kentish). Additional references: Bohemian, Czech Republic, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Brazilian Portuguese viver em casota (Kentish). Additional references: Brazilian Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian кентски (Kentish), кентски диалект (Kentish), на графството Кент (Kentish), от (from, over, across, at, by), Морски дъждосвирец (Kentish Plover). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Bulgarian (transliteration) kentski (Kentish), kentski dialekt (Kentish), na grafstvoto kent (Kentish), ot (from, over, across, at, by), morski dʺzhdosvirets (Kentish Plover). Additional references: Bulgarian, Bulgaria, Greece, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Cestina kentský (Kentish). Additional references: Cestina, Czech Republic, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Simplified 肯特州的 (Kentish). Additional references: Chinese Simplified, China, Brunei, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Chinese Traditional 肯特州的 (Kentish), 肯特語 (Kentish), 肯特方言 (Kentish). Additional references: Chinese Traditional, China, Brunei, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Czech kentský (Kentish). Additional references: Czech, Czech Republic, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Daco-Rumanian din kent (Kentish), dialectul kent (Kentish). Additional references: Daco-Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Dutch van Kent (Kentish). Additional references: Dutch, Netherlands, Aruba, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Ena քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Ena, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermeni Dili քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Ermeni Dili, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Ermenice քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Ermenice, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Haieren քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Haieren, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguk Mal 켄트주의 (Kentish), 켄트 주의 (Kentish). Additional references: Hanguk Mal, Korea, South, Korea, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Hanguohua 켄트주의 (Kentish), 켄트 주의 (Kentish). Additional references: Hanguohua, Korea, South, Korea, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Hungarian kenti (Kentish). Additional references: Hungarian, Hungary, Austria, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Italian del kent (Kentish), dialetto del Kent (Kentish), fratino (Kentish plover), amarene (Kentish cherries), calcare duro del Kent (Kentish rag), scroscio d'applausi (Kentish fire), rumori di dissenso (Kentish fire). Additional references: Italian, Italy, Croatia, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Japanese ケント方言 (Kentish), ケント州の (Kentish), シロチドリ (Kentish Plover). Additional references: Japanese, Japan, Taiwan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Korean 켄트주의 (Kentish), 켄트 주의 (Kentish). Additional references: Korean, Korea, South, Korea, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Magyar kenti (Kentish). Additional references: Magyar, Hungary, Austria, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Moldavian din kent (Kentish), dialectul kent (Kentish). Additional references: Moldavian, Romania, Hungary, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Portuguese viver em casota (Kentish). Additional references: Portuguese, Portugal, Angola, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Romanian din kent (Kentish), dialectul kent (Kentish). Additional references: Romanian, Romania, Hungary, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Rumanian din kent (Kentish), dialectul kent (Kentish). Additional references: Rumanian, Romania, Hungary, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian кентский (Kentish), твердый строительный известняк (Kentish rag). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Russian (transliteration) kentskiy (Kentish), tverdyy stroitelʹnyy izvestnyak (Kentish rag). Additional references: Russian, Russia, China, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki кентский (Kentish), твердый строительный известняк (Kentish rag). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Russki (transliteration) kentskiy (Kentish), tverdyy stroitelʹnyy izvestnyak (Kentish rag). Additional references: Russki, Russia, China, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Serbian (transliteration) kentski (Kentish). Additional references: Serbian (transliteration), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Shkip i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Shkip, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqip i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Shqip, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Shqiperë i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Shqiperë, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Skchip i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Skchip, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Somkhuri քենտական (Kentish). Additional references: Somkhuri, Armenia, Azerbaijan, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Spanish de kent (Kentish). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Tosk i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Tosk, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian кентський (Kentish). Additional references: Ukrainian, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Ukrainian (transliteration) kentsʹkiy (Kentish). Additional references: Ukrainian, Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
Zhgabe i kentit (Kentish). Additional references: Zhgabe, Turkey (Europe), Kentish. (volunteer & more translations)
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Constructed Language Translations: Kentish

Language Translations for “Kentish” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses.
Athag Kathagentathagish (Kentish). Additional references: Athag, Kentish. (volunteer)
Double Dutch Kagentagish (Kentish). Additional references: Double Dutch, Kentish. (volunteer)
Esperanto kenta (Kentish). Additional references: Esperanto, Kentish. (volunteer)
Leet }<£^/-|-1${=} (Kentish). Additional references: Leet, Kentish. (volunteer)
Oppish Kopentopish (Kentish). Additional references: Oppish, Kentish. (volunteer)
Pig Latin Entishkay (Kentish). Additional references: Pig Latin, Kentish. (volunteer)
Terran B dint (Kentish). Additional references: Terran B, Kentish. (volunteer)
Ubbi Dubbi Kubentubish (Kentish). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, Kentish. (volunteer)
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Ancestral and Extinct Language Translations: Kentish

Language Period Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses)
Latin 500 BCE - 1700 Charadrius alexandrinus (Kentish plover, kentish, plover). Additional references: Latin, Kentish. (volunteer)
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