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Meaning of "cissies" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF CISSIES

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF CISSIES

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Cissies is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE CISSIES

cisco
ciseleur
ciselure
Ciskei
cislunar
cislunar space
cismontane
cispadane
cisplatin
cispontine
cissified
cissing
cissoid
cissus
cissy
cist
cistaceous
Cistercian
cistern
cisterna

WORDS THAT END LIKE CISSIES

biopsies
brassies
controversies
cosies
daisies
ecstasies
embassies
fantasies
glossies
gussies
Gypsies
hussies
missies
palsies
pussies
sies
sissies
Tassies
whimsies
wussies

Synonyms and antonyms of cissies in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «CISSIES»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «cissies» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of cissies

Translation of «cissies» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF CISSIES

Find out the translation of cissies to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of cissies from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «cissies» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

cissies
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

cissies
570 millions of speakers

English

cissies
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

cissies
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

cissies
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

cissies
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

cissies
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

cissies
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

cissies
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Cissies
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

cissies
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

cissies
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

cissies
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Cissies
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

cissies
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

cissies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Cissies
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

cissies
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

cissies
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

cissies
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

cissies
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

cissies
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

cissies
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

cissies
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

cissies
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

cissies
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of cissies

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «CISSIES»

The term «cissies» is used very little and occupies the 173.289 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «CISSIES» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «cissies» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «cissies» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about cissies

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «CISSIES»

Discover the use of cissies in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to cissies and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Films of Peter Greenaway: Sex, Death and Provocation
Madgett's wry self-deprecation does make him a likable character, particularly in contrast to the domineering behavior of the Cissies' husbands. In attributing the husbands' drownings to more or less natural causes, Madgett almost seems to ...
Douglas Keesey, 2006
2
Landscape and Film
Each time he is disappointed. As the narrative unfolds, the friends and relatives of the drowned men meet by night under the community water tower (forming what the Cissies call the Water Tower Conspiracy) to plan their revenge. Eventually ...
Martin Lefebvre, 2006
3
Frank O'Connor at Work
Compare the typescript and the same passage with manuscript changes incorporated: Some kids are cissies by Some kids are cissies by nature but I was a cissy by nature but I was a cissy by conviction. Mother had told conviction. Mother had ...
Michael A. Steinman, 1990
4
Mind The Gap: Ellipsis and Stylistic Variation in Spoken and ...
madgett: Or [ ] hairs [ ] on your head? cissies 2 and 3: (Together) No [ ]. madgett: Or [ ] fish [ ] in the sea? cissies l, 2 and 3: (Together) No [ ]. The Cissies' contextual rejoinders are unproblematic, since, typically of such negatives, they relate to ...
Peter Wilson, 2014
5
Mike Miller, Son of Pendragon by Josh Rogan 2006 Abridged ...
“I hope you're right, but they don't look like cissies to me.” said a rueful Mike, as at least seven of the twenty reminded him of the near-neanderthal Donaldo back home. He didn't want to be unkind so left a further thought in his mind – eight of ...
Josh Rogan, 2006
6
The Big Ballad Jamboree
Off and on, out of the corner of my eye, I could see Cissies fingers flying on the bull-fiddle strings. It was perfect. But the marrow of my bones cried out against it. In my head I knew that Cissies fingers and voice, and all the beauty of her, had ...
Donald Davidson
7
The plays of Shakspere, carefully revised [by J.O.] with a ...
CINNA, a roct. Another Poet. LUCILIUS, TITINIUS, MESSALA, Young OATO, and VOLUMN'IUS, Friends to Bac-rcs and Cissies. TARRO, CLITUS, CLAUDIUS, BTRATO, LUCIUS DARDANIUS, Servants to Brctcs. FINDARU.S, servant to Cissies.
William Shakespeare, J O, 1853
8
Reports and Resolutions of the General Assembly of the State ...
Lexington. Marion Marion Mclntyre Est. Wilds Carter Carter Daniel Randall. Daniel Randall. Harrison River.., Harrison River.. Jordan , Grier Oatland.. Dozier . .. Burrows . Cissies.... Cissies Rasser Homestead., Homestead., Baker , Moody .
South Carolina, 1872
9
Sunshine and Rainbows: The Development of Gay and Lesbian ...
Chapter Six Cissies, Cinemas and a Bad Baronet 1910s-1930s By the 1910s the Federation of the Australian British colonies was a decade old and Queensland was a State, integrated into a nation. Brisbane grew fast in the 1 870s and 1 ...
Clive Moore, 2001
10
Night Whispers - Dynamite For The Darkness
I am afraid we still have far too many cissies in cowards' castles around our land and some of you preachers tonight may well have adopted their most pitiful style. Friend, it's time to take the gospel into the market place again. This means you ...
Rev. Victor Robert Farrell

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «CISSIES»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term cissies is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster says men who cook are cissies
Rod Stewart's wife Penny Lancaster did the cause of sexual equality a tremendous service when she declared men should not cook for their ... «Daily Mail, Jun 15»
2
Kids Week – London theatre's top 10 summertime family treats
The Woman in Black at the Fortune is the show to take the over-10s who think that theatre is boring and just for cissies. Guaranteed to have ... «The Guardian, Jun 15»
3
Protein supplements are generating huge profits - but do they really …
There is currently much debate about whey vs soy, with the old-school and bodybuilding fraternity dismissing soy as protein for cissies. «The Independent, Jun 15»
4
Tonight's Cards
525 - Cissies Chief, Slanan Siun, Parchments Smurf, Glenbowen Charm, Watch Out Bob, Whiddy Blue. 330 - Ballinagree Bob, Ryecourt Molly, ... «Irish Independent, Jun 15»
5
Action needed to control housing inflation
Such a big state investment would ruin English's tiny surplus, but when it comes to a national crisis, surpluses are for cissies. Surely the ... «The Dominion Post, Apr 15»
6
Manly drivel merely opens trapdoors to suicide - and the shocking …
... shouldn't talk about their feelings and that 'depression', by far the most common cause of suicide, is strictly for wusses, wimps and cissies. «mirror.co.uk, Apr 15»
7
A Proustian Character
Scott Moncrieff came up with the splendid substitute of “Cities of the Plain”; to his friends, he referred to it as “Cissies of the Plain.” Of his own ... «Wall Street Journal, Mar 15»
8
Australia's Steve Smith makes fools of his critics after stellar year
Smith is what we called a Legside Lennie, someone for whom the off side is that favoured by cissies. So he takes up residence on off stump ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
9
The Best TV Episodes of 2014
Because like Lorde pushes against the Cissies, and—ya. …Feeling good on a Wednesday... - David. The Leftovers: “Guest”. Now that I think ... «Den of Geek!, Dec 14»
10
Stop the tyranny and let our kids have the Nativity play
St Custard's, the school that Nigel Molesworth attends, alongside "various swots, bullies, cissies, milksops, greedy guts and oiks" and that was ... «Express.co.uk, Dec 14»

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« EDUCALINGO. Cissies [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/cissies>. Apr 2024 ».
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