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PRONUNCIATION OF SWAINISH

swainish  [ˈsweɪnɪʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SWAINISH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Swainish is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SWAINISH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of swainish in the English dictionary

The definition of swainish in the dictionary is or of relating to a male lover or admirer. Other definition of swainish is or of relating to a country youth.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SWAINISH


brainish
ˈbreɪnɪʃ
brinish
ˈbraɪnɪʃ
bumpkinish
ˈbʌmpkɪnɪʃ
Danish
ˈdeɪnɪʃ
diminish
dɪˈmɪnɪʃ
fineish
ˈfaɪnɪʃ
finish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
Finnish
ˈfɪnɪʃ
griffinish
ˈɡrɪfɪnɪʃ
linish
ˈlɪnɪʃ
minish
ˈmɪnɪʃ
photo-finish
ˌfəʊtəʊˈfɪnɪʃ
plainish
ˈpleɪnɪʃ
porcupinish
ˈpɔːkjʊˌpaɪnɪʃ
refinish
riːˈfɪnɪʃ
swinish
ˈswaɪnɪʃ
thinnish
ˈθɪnɪʃ
winish
ˈwɪnɪʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SWAINISH

swaggie
swagging
swagman
swagmen
swags of
swagshop
Swahili
Swahilian
swain
swaining
swainishness
swale
Swaledale
SWALK
swallet
swallow
swallow dive
swallow hole
swallow one´s words
swallow-like

WORDS THAT END LIKE SWAINISH

banish
blanket finish
brownish
Cornish
furnish
garnish
gloss finish
grandstand finish
greenish
matt finish
mirror finish
photo finish
punish
replenish
silk finish
sprint finish
tarnish
the Spanish
vanish
varnish

Synonyms and antonyms of swainish in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «swainish» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SWAINISH

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

Translator English - Chinese

swainish
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

swainish
570 millions of speakers

English

swainish
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

swainish
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

swainish
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

swainish
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

swainish
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

swainish
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

swainish
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Bersungguh-sungguh
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

swainish
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

swainish
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

swainish
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Swainish
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

swainish
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

swainish
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

स्वाइन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

swainish
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

swainish
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

swainish
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

swainish
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

swainish
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

swainish
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

swainish
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

swainish
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

swainish
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of swainish

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SWAINISH»

The term «swainish» is normally little used and occupies the 137.831 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SWAINISH» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SWAINISH»

Discover the use of swainish in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to swainish and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
The Journals and Miscellaneous Notebooks of Ralph Waldo Emerson
182 [165]-[17O] [three leaves torn out] 13S [171] melancholy swainish natures, on whom speech makes no impression ; and others, who are not only swainish, but who are prompt to take oath that swainishness is the highest culture ; and, ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Susan Sutton Smith, 1978
2
John Milton Prose: Major Writings on Liberty, Politics, ...
... poet whose work Milton admired and imitated extensively. Q numerous: metrical. Q. swainish: boorish. Q Dante (in his Vita Nuova and Paradiso) and Petrarch (in his Canzonierr), respectively. 3 niceness: fastidiousness.
David Loewenstein, John Milton, 2012
3
Rape and the Rise of the Author: Gendering Intention in ...
Whereof not to be sensible, when good and faire in one person meet, argues both a grosse and shallow judgement, and withal an ungentle, and swainish breast. (302-3) Through this engagement with classical authors, Milton was able to ...
Dr Amy Greenstadt, 2013
4
The Complete Ralph Waldo Emerson: The Collected Works
But there are people who cannot be cultivated, people on whom speech makes no impression, swainish, morose ... others, whoarenot only swainish,butare prompt totakeoath that swainishness is the only culture; andthough their odd wit may ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, 2014
5
The Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson
But there are people who cannot be cultivated, ---people on whom speech makes no impression; swainish, morose people, who must be kept down and quieted as you would those who are a little tipsy ; others, who are not only swainish, but ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson
6
The Later Lectures of Ralph Waldo Emerson: 1843 - 1871
There are throngs of people who cannot be cultivated, whom you must keep down, and quiet as you can, as you would a person who is a little tipsy: Melancholy, swainish natures on whom speech makes no impression: — others who are not ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Ronald A. Bosco, Joel Myerson, 2001
7
Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Volume VIII: Letters ...
26 But there are people who cannot be cultivated, — people on whom speech makes no impression, — swainish, morose people, who must be kept down and quieted as you would those who are a little tipsy; others, who are not only swainish, ...
Ralph Waldo Emerson, Glen M. Johnson, Joel Myerson, 2010
8
The Musical Miscellany: Being a Collection of Choice Songs, ...
Say, if thou lov'st, did ever Yomh, That wish'd like me, like me endure? Doffst thou not blame this Swainish Truth, 1 And wish my Flame was not so pure! In Pity, hate me, tempting Fair, ' An happy Exile let me fly: What fev'riih Wrerch his Thirssii ...
‎1731
9
STATE POWER, AGRARIAN POLICIES AND PEASANT WELFARE
97-98; Nicholas Swainish, “The Rise of a National Bourgeoisie in Kenya,” Ibid.: pp. 39-55 and Ngongola-Ntalaja, “The State in Post-Colonial Africa: The Case of Zaire,” Chapter 3 of his Class Struggle and National Liberation in Africa (Roxbury , ...
DAN MOU, 2014
10
Specimens of the British poets: with biographical and ...
Some part of the love-story of " Palemon " is rather swainish and protracted, yet the effect of his being involved in the calamity, leaves a deeper sympathy in the mind for the daughter of Albert, when we conceive her at once deprived both of a  ...
Thomas Campbell, 1841

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