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| Domain | Definition |
Literature | In Medias Res In the middle of the subject. In novels and epic poetry, the author generally begins with some catastrophe, which is explained as the tale unfolds. In history, on the other hand, the author begins ab ovo. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
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| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Insertion | Insert; itself; plunge in medias res. |
Middle | Adverb: in the middle; midway, halfway; midships, amidships, in medias res. |
Plainness | Verb: call a spade "a spade"; plunge in medias res; come to the point. |
Resolution | Buckle to; buckle oneself put one's shoulder to the wheel, lay one's shoulder to the wheel, set one's shoulder to the wheel; put one's heart into; run the gauntlet, make a dash at, take the bull by the horns; rush in medias res, plunge in medias res; go in for; insist upon, make a point of; set one's heart upon, set one's mind upon. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Expression using "IN MEDIAS RES": plunge in medias res. Additional references. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-r-s-s" | |
-1 letter: dreaminess, misandries, seminaries. | |
-2 letters: arsenides, diaeresis, meridians, misraised, nearsides, readiness. | |
-3 letters: airiness, amenders, amidines, aniseeds, aridness, arsenide, dearness, dermises, diamines, dieresis, direness, insiders, meanders, meridian, miriness, miseries, misraise, misreads, nearside, remained, riminess, sardines, seedsman, semiarid, seminars, seriemas. | |
-4 letters: admires, amender, amidine, amidins, aniseed, arsines, dairies, daisies, damners, dearies, demeans, demises, denarii, deniers, desires, desmans. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-e-e-i-i-m-n-r-s-s" | |
+1 letter: desipramines. | |
+2 letters: pedestrianism. | |
+3 letters: credentialisms, neuraminidases, pedestrianisms. | |
+4 letters: rudimentariness. | |
+5 letters: disfranchisement, intermediateness, irremediableness, underestimations. | |
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Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)49 4E      4D 45 44 49 41 53      52 45 53 |
| Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519; backwards) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01001001 01001110 00100000 01001101 01000101 01000100 01001001 01000001 01010011 00100000 01010010 01000101 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)I N   M E D I A S   R E S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0049 004E      004D 0045 0044 0049 0041 0053      0052 0045 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)434824739384335532523953 |
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