AI & ChatGPT searches , social queries for JONATHAN SWIFT
Search references for JONATHAN SWIFT. Phrases containing JONATHAN SWIFT
See searches and references containing JONATHAN SWIFT!
Search references for JONATHAN SWIFT. Phrases containing JONATHAN SWIFT
See searches and references containing JONATHAN SWIFT!JONATHAN SWIFT
Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric (1667–1745)
Jonathan Swift (30 November 1667 – 19 October 1745) was an Anglo-Irish writer, essayist, satirist, and Anglican cleric. He was the author of the satirical
Jonathan_Swift
Topics referred to by the same term
Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), was an Anglo-Irish satirist and cleric. Jonathan Swift may also refer to: Jonathan Swift (British Army officer) Jonathan Swift
Jonathan Swift (disambiguation)
Jonathan_Swift_(disambiguation)
British army officer
Major General Jonathan Swift, OBE is a senior British Army officer. He served as General Officer Commanding, Regional Command from July 2022 to August
Jonathan Swift (British Army officer)
Jonathan_Swift_(British_Army_officer)
Comics character
partner Henry instead, who kills him by breaking his neck. Blue Streak (Jonathan Swift) first appeared during the height of the "Civil War" storyline. He is
List of Marvel Comics characters: B
List_of_Marvel_Comics_characters:_B
17th century French term for a working-class woman
sold love as well as flowers on the streets of New Orleans. In 1730, Jonathan Swift was already using "grisette" in English to signify qualities of both
Grisette_(person)
1726 novel by Jonathan Swift
1726 satirical prose novel by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. It is one of the most famous classics of both English and world literature
Gulliver's_Travels
British judge
Sir Jonathan Mark Swift (born 11 September 1964) is a British High Court judge. Swift was born in Rochford, England and educated at Southend High School
Jonathan_Swift_(judge)
1959 novel by William S. Burroughs
critical response. The book's admirers have compared it to the satires of Jonathan Swift and the religious works of Dante Alighieri and Hieronymous Bosch. Its
Naked_Lunch
Fictional flying island
is a flying island described in the 1726 book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. It is about 4½ miles (7¼ km) in diameter, with an adamantine base,
Laputa
General dislike of humanity
of Athens, Molière's play The Misanthrope, and Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Misanthropy is closely related to but not identical to philosophical
Misanthropy
Fictional island states in Gulliver's Travels
first part of the 1726 satirical prose novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The two islands are neighbours in the South Indian Ocean, separated
Lilliput_and_Blefuscu
Name list
presenter Jonathan Stedall (1938–2022), English television producer and documentary filmmaker Jonathan Swift (1667–1745), Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Tiersten
Jonathan_(name)
Ethnic group native to the island of Ireland
English-language traditions, such as Eoghan Rua Ó Súilleabháin, Dáibhí Ó Bruadair, Jonathan Swift, Oscar Wilde, W. B. Yeats, Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, Máirtín Ó Cadhain
Irish_people
Jonathan Swift, as Dean of St. Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, produced many sermons during his tenure from 1713 to 1745. Although Swift is better known
Sermons_of_Jonathan_Swift
Irish politician
He was a quarrelsome individual, and his list of enemies included Jonathan Swift, the publisher George Faulkner and Josiah Hort, Bishop of Kilmore and
Richard_Bettesworth
2010 film by Rob Letterman
One (and slightly on Part Two) of the 1726 novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift, though the film takes place in the modern day and contains references
Gulliver's Travels (2010 film)
Gulliver's_Travels_(2010_film)
Comedic work based on taboo subject matter
1935 while interpreting the writings of Jonathan Swift. Breton's preference was to identify some of Swift's writings as a subgenre of comedy and satire
Dark_humor
1729 satirical essay by Jonathan Swift
is a 1729 satirical essay by the Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift. The essay, written from the perspective of a fictional narrator, suggests
A_Modest_Proposal
Cecilia Payne. Between 1999 and 2018 she was operated by Irish Ferries as Jonathan Swift. Cecilia Payne was constructed by Austal Ships in Henderson, Australia
HSC_Cecilia_Payne
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714
death was a release from a life of ill-health and tragedy; he wrote to Jonathan Swift, "I believe sleep was never more welcome to a weary traveller than death
Anne,_Queen_of_Great_Britain
Topics referred to by the same term
(surname) Jonathan Swift, Anglo-Irish writer Taylor Swift, American singer and songwriter Ashot the Swift (died 939), Georgian prince J-Swift (born 1971)
Swift
National cathedral of the Church of Ireland
this office has existed since 1219. The most famous office holder was Jonathan Swift. Some believe it was intended that St Patrick's, a secular (diocesan
St Patrick's Cathedral, Dublin
St_Patrick's_Cathedral,_Dublin
Fictional being
Travels written by Jonathan Swift. Their behaviour and character representation is meant to comment on the state of Europe from Swift's point of view. The
Yahoo_(Gulliver's_Travels)
American singer-songwriter (born 1989)
Taylor Alison Swift (born December 13, 1989) is an American singer-songwriter. An influential figure in popular culture, she is known for her autobiographical
Taylor_Swift
Literary and art genre with a style of humor based on parody
December 10, 2015. Jonathan J. Szwec (2011). "Satire in 18th Century British Society: Alexander Pope's The Rape of the Lock and Jonathan Swift's A Modest Proposal"
Satire
Counterintuitive result in probability
Natura Deorum (On the Nature of the Gods), through Blaise Pascal and Jonathan Swift, up to modern statements with their iconic simians and typewriters.
Infinite_monkey_theorem
American voice actor (1924–2010)
18th century satirist Jonathan Swift. He was born January 16, 1924, in Washington Heights, Manhattan, and raised in Brooklyn. Swift graduated from the High
Allen_Swift
Mine in the United States of America
The mine was supposedly discovered in 1760 by an Englishman named Jonathan Swift. The uncertainty of its location is part of the folklore of its existence
Swift's_silver_mine
English idiomatic proverb
Swift, Jonathan (1841). The Works of Jonathan Swift ...: Containing interesting and valuable papers. p. 341. Timothy Fribble (Pseud.), Jonathan Swift
You can't have your cake and eat it
You_can't_have_your_cake_and_eat_it
English politician, author and philosopher (1478–1535)
2005. Jonathan Swift. "Writings on Religion and the Church, Vol. I. by Jonathan Swift: Ch. 14: Concerning that Universal Hatred". Jonathan Swift, Prose
Thomas_More
Legendary reptile in European mythology
December 2007. Retrieved 24 November 2007. Swift, Jonathan (29 October 2023). "The Select Works of Jonathan Swift". p. 27. "Classic Literature". Classiclit
Basilisk
Close friend of Jonathan Swift
Englishwoman known to have been a close friend of Jonathan Swift, known as "Stella". Whether or not she and Swift were secretly married, and if so why the marriage
Esther_Johnson
Meditation Upon a Broomstick by Jonathan Swift; First publication of the newspaper The Examiner, edited by Jonathan Swift 1711 in literature – The Spectator
List_of_years_in_literature
Contentious rhetoric
modern times. Since then, famous polemicists have included satirist Jonathan Swift, Italian physicist and mathematician Galileo, French theologian Jean
Polemic
Usually gigantic humanoid, common in folklore
to eat humans or livestock. In more recent portrayals, like those of Jonathan Swift and Roald Dahl, some giants are both intelligent and friendly. Giants
Giant
1895 dystopian science fiction novella by H. G. Wells
Wells explained: "My early, profound and lifelong admiration for [Jonathan] Swift...is particularly evident in a predisposition to make the stories reflect
The_Time_Machine
French novelist and dramatist (1619–1655)
and romance in his novels is credited with influencing the works of Jonathan Swift, Edgar Allan Poe and probably Voltaire. Both Pierre Corneille and Molière
Cyrano_de_Bergerac
Over-focus on minor social differences
effectively a narcissism of minor differences. It has been pointed out that Jonathan Swift in his 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels described this phenomenon when
Narcissism of small differences
Narcissism_of_small_differences
2003 Indian film by Soumitra Ranade
Soumitra Ranade and produced by Arunima Roy. The film is based on Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels. The film follows the journey of Aditya
Jajantaram_Mamantaram
Figurative expression
Wilde, Charles Dickens, Ralph Waldo Emerson, W. Somerset Maugham, and Jonathan Swift. "Call a spade a spade" or "call a spade a shovel" are both forms of
Call_a_spade_a_spade
Order of bytes in a computer word
from an absurd episode in the satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. In the imaginary land of Lilliput, scholars are fiercely divided by
Endianness
Internet adage
providing an alternative narrative. In a 1710 article in The Examiner, Jonathan Swift said: Falsehood flies, and truth comes limping after it; so that when
Brandolini's_law
Name of Jewish queen Esther
Jonathan Swift: his life and his world. New Haven CT: Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0300205411. "Vanessa and her correspondence with Jonathan Swift"
Esther_(given_name)
Fable in La Fontaine's Fables
version of the fable that altered significant details of its plot. Jonathan Swift's extended and satirical "The Beasts' Confession to the Priest" (1732)
The Animals Sick of the Plague
The_Animals_Sick_of_the_Plague
Philosophy. 15. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 1–21. ISBN 978-90-04-11704-4. Jonathan Swift: Guliver's Travels Oxford World Classics (1986, reprint 2008) introduction
List of fictional countries set on Earth
List_of_fictional_countries_set_on_Earth
Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1721 to 1742
Retrieved 10 September 2018. Ferguson, Oliver W. Jonathan Swift and Ireland. Ehrenpreis, Irvin. Jonathan Swift. Vol. III. Coxe, William (1978). Memoirs of
Robert_Walpole
1759–1767 novel by Laurence Sterne
Stylistically, Sterne is influenced by the earlier satirists Alexander Pope, Jonathan Swift, Rabelais, and Cervantes. The novel is characterised by innuendo, especially
The Life and Opinions of Tristram Shandy, Gentleman
The_Life_and_Opinions_of_Tristram_Shandy,_Gentleman
1941 film by Preston Sturges
title is a reference to Gulliver's Travels, the 1726 novel by satirist Jonathan Swift about another journey of self-discovery. Sullivan's Travels received
Sullivan's_Travels
High-speed catamaran built in 2001
Wolff to replace the Jonathan Swift on Irish Ferries' Dublin to Holyhead route. It entered service in April 2018. Dublin Swift operates the Dublin–Holyhead
HSC_Dublin_Swift
Style of British literature
century and ending in the 1740s, with the deaths of Alexander Pope and Jonathan Swift, in 1744 and 1745, respectively. It was a literary epoch that featured
Augustan_literature
Fictional land in Gulliver's Travels
Brobdingnag is a fictional land that is occupied by giants, in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels. The story's main character, Lemuel
Brobdingnag
Gentlemen's club in London, England
both its exclusivity and the often raffish behaviour of its members. Jonathan Swift referred to White's as the "bane of half the English nobility." In 1778
White's
Irish publisher and bookseller
publishers and booksellers. He forged a publishing relationship with Jonathan Swift and parlayed that fame into an extensive trade. He was also deeply involved
George_Faulkner
Ethnic group and historical social class in Ireland
poets, writers, and playwrights include Oscar Wilde, Maria Edgeworth, Jonathan Swift, George Berkeley, Sheridan Le Fanu, Oliver Goldsmith, Laurence Sterne
Anglo-Irish_people
Commons for many years. He is mainly remembered now as a close friend of Jonathan Swift, whose last known letter was written to him. He was born in County Cork
Eaton_Stannard
Irish peer and politician
1748) was an Irish peer and politician, who enjoyed the friendship of Jonathan Swift. He was the eldest of the five sons of Thomas St Lawrence, 13th Baron
William St Lawrence, 14th Baron Howth
William_St_Lawrence,_14th_Baron_Howth
Irish judge and politician
co-executor and legatee of Esther Vanhomrigh, the beloved "Vanessa" of Jonathan Swift, although he was not a close friend of hers; indeed it is possible that
Robert_Marshall_(Irish_judge)
Eighteenth century literature
Richard Steele's comedy The Tender Husband achieved some success. 1704: Jonathan Swift (Irish satirist) published A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books
18th_century_in_literature
English publisher
Motte published many works and is well known for his publishing of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Benjamin Motte was born in the parish of St Botolph
Benjamin_Motte
composer Robert Prescott Stewart – composer Bram Stoker – novelist Jonathan Swift – writer, satirist John Millington Synge – playwright Joan Tighe – journalist
List_of_people_from_Dublin
Anglican divine, essayist, playwright, poet, schoolmaster and translator
schoolmaster and translator. He is chiefly remembered for his friendship with Jonathan Swift. He was born in Cavan, Ireland, the son of James Sheridan, and grandson
Thomas_Sheridan_(divine)
Literature written in the English language
of prose, then Jonathan Swift author of the satire Gulliver's Travels was in another. In A Modest Proposal and the Drapier Letters, Swift reluctantly defended
English_literature
Fictional land in Jonathan Swift's 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels
Balnibarbi is a fictional land in Jonathan Swift's 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels. it was visited by Lemuel Gulliver after he was rescued by the
Balnibarbi
Crater on Deimos
Swift is an impact crater on Mars's moon Deimos. It is about 3 km (1.9 mi) in diameter. Swift is named after Jonathan Swift, whose 1726 book Gulliver's
Swift_(Deimian_crater)
American writer and visual artist (1914–1997)
Jack Kerouac called Burroughs the "greatest satirical writer since Jonathan Swift"; he owed this reputation to his "lifelong subversion" of the moral
William_S._Burroughs
for the leader of the government, usually the head of the Treasury. Jonathan Swift, for example, wrote that in 1713 there had been "those who are now commonly
List of prime ministers of the United Kingdom by length of tenure
List_of_prime_ministers_of_the_United_Kingdom_by_length_of_tenure
Italian graphic novel
since been translated into several languages. The comic is a parody of Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels. Les Humanoïdes Associés first published the work
Gullivera
Protagonist of Gulliver's Travels
narrator of Gulliver's Travels, a novel written by Jonathan Swift, first published in 1726. According to Swift's novel, Gulliver was born in Nottinghamshire
Lemuel_Gulliver
Latin word for the swerve of atoms, or an inclination/bias
would never have produced anything. In his 1704 work Tale of a Tub, Jonathan Swift satirized the atomistic theory of Epicurus: Epicurus modestly hoped
Clinamen
Sole college of the University of Dublin
Notable alumni of Trinity include literary figures such as Oscar Wilde, Jonathan Swift, Samuel Beckett, Bram Stoker, Sheridan Le Fanu, J. M. Synge, Thomas
Trinity_College_Dublin
1704 satire by Jonathan Swift
A Tale of a Tub was the first major work written by Jonathan Swift, composed between 1694 and 1697 and published in London in 1704. The work is a prose
A_Tale_of_a_Tub
American actor, writer (born 1980)
loosely based on Part One of the 18th-century novel of the same name by Jonathan Swift. Segel appeared in Bad Teacher, starring Cameron Diaz, which opened
Jason_Segel
Pictures of Christian figures to be stepped upon by suspected Christians in Japan
Shrine Into a Morgue". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 December 2015. Jonathan Swift (1726). "Part III. A Voyage to Laputa, Balnibarbi, Luggnagg, Glubbdubdrib
Fumi-e
2026 wedding in New York City, U.S.
The American singer-songwriter Taylor Swift and the American football player Travis Kelce married on July 3, 2026, in a private ceremony at the Madison
Wedding of Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce
Wedding_of_Taylor_Swift_and_Travis_Kelce
American journalist (born 1943)
June 2019. The title refers to the 1729 satire A Modest Proposal by Jonathan Swift. In 2019, The New York Times referred to Carroll as "feminism's answer
E._Jean_Carroll
Type of interaction between species
negative connotations. These were exploited to satirical effect in Jonathan Swift's 1733 poem "On Poetry: A Rhapsody", comparing poets to hyperparasitical
Parasitism
land where all the people are tiny from the book Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Enemies of Lilliput Genosha: an island nation which was established
List of fictional countries by region
List_of_fictional_countries_by_region
English-language vernacular inflected form
An't for is not may also have filled a gap in the paradigm of be. Jonathan Swift used an't to mean is not in Letter 19 of his Journal to Stella (1710–13):
Ain't
English astrologer
Ireland cleric Jonathan Swift. Playing on Partridge's own (generally inaccurate) yearly predictions of deaths of notable individuals, Swift, writing under
John_Partridge_(astrologer)
Bastion fort and magazine in Dublin, Ireland
Corneille. At the time the city was relatively poor, prompting the satirist Jonathan Swift to publish a verse on the seeming futility of the fortification: Now's
Magazine_Fort
Fictional island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
in the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift. The episode on Glubbdubdrib "explores the theme of humanity's progressive
Glubbdubdrib
1960 film by Jack Sher
adventure film loosely based upon the 1726 novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. The film stars Kerwin Mathews as the title character, June Thorburn
The_3_Worlds_of_Gulliver
1982 film by Mark Zakharov
about Irish satirist writer and Anglican priest Jonathan Swift. In 1745 Dublin, a weary Jonathan Swift confronts mortality and legacy as he encounters
The_House_That_Swift_Built
1963 song by Bob Dylan
including American Civil War newspapers in NYC libraries, Balzac, Jonathan Swift, and classical literature, many in book collections of friends who had
A_Hard_Rain's_a-Gonna_Fall
Chemical compound
lilliputian, a fictional race of humans in the novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. While there are no chemical or practical uses for the NanoKid molecule
NanoPutian
The Life of Jack Wilton (1594) Jonathan Swift, A Tale of a Tub (1704) Daniel Defoe, The Consolidator (1705) Jonathan Swift, Gulliver's Travels (1726) There
List of claimed first novels in English
List_of_claimed_first_novels_in_English
2003 studio album by Buckethead & Viggo Mortensen
Noam Chomsky. The album has been described thus: Using William Blake, Jonathan Swift, and Rumi's prescient wordplay as its point of departure, Pandemoniumfromamerica
Pandemoniumfromamerica
Irish poet, lover of Jonathan Swift (c. 1688–1723)
correspondent of Jonathan Swift. Swift's letters to her were published posthumously. Her fictional name, Vanessa, was created by Swift by taking Van from
Esther_Vanhomrigh
Expletive intensifier
common in Shakespeare's plays around the turn of the 17th century, and Jonathan Swift about 100 years later writes both "it grows by'r Lady cold" and "it
Bloody
Irish maritime transport company
Isle of Inisheer, James Joyce and the fast ferry Dublin Swift (preceded by HSC Jonathan Swift, which operated until 2018). The company also charters ro-pax
Irish_Ferries
Fictional island in Swift's Gulliver's Travels
in the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Anglo-Irish author Jonathan Swift. The location of Luggnagg is illustrated in both the text and the map
Luggnagg
English diplomat, politician and writer
gardens, written without ever having seen one, and for employing a young Jonathan Swift as his secretary. The first is sometimes given as an early indication
Sir William Temple, 1st Baronet
Sir_William_Temple,_1st_Baronet
London gentleman's club
Anne Long, a daughter of Sir James Long, 2nd Baronet, and friend of Jonathan Swift; Catherine Barton, Newton's niece and Charles Montagu's mistress; Mrs
Kit-Cat_Club
Fictional computational machine in Gulliver's Travels
writing books described in the 1726 satirical novel Gulliver's Travels by Jonathan Swift. Eric A. Weiss suggests that it is an early reference to a device resembling
The_Engine
Topics referred to by the same term
Laputa is a fictional country from the book Gulliver's Travels, by Jonathan Swift. Laputa may also refer to: Laputa (band), a now-disbanded Japanese rock
Laputa_(disambiguation)
Poem by W. B. Yeats about Jonathan Swift
Swift's Epitaph is a translation by Irish poet William Butler Yeats of Jonathan Swift's epitaph, which Swift wrote for himself in Latin. Yeats' somewhat
Swift's_Epitaph
Practice of humans eating other humans
is a Juvenalian satire published by Anglo-Irish writer and clergyman Jonathan Swift in 1729. It suggests that poor people in Ireland could ease their economic
Human_cannibalism
Latin phrase meaning 'continuing forever'
fractal may be iteratively drawn ad infinitum." The 17th-century writer Jonathan Swift incorporated the idea of self-similarity in the following lines from
Ad_infinitum
Retailer or wholesaler of cloth
original meaning of the term has now largely fallen out of use. In 1724, Jonathan Swift wrote a series of satirical pamphlets in the guise of a draper called
Draper
Series of pamphlets by Jonathan Swift
Cathedral in Dublin, Jonathan Swift, to arouse public opinion in Ireland against the imposition of a privately minted copper coinage that Swift believed to be
Drapier's_Letters
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jonathan, JOHNATHON means "God has given."
Boy/Male
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Hawaiian, Hebrew, Indian, Irish, Jamaican, Portuguese, Swedish, Swiss, Tamil
Gift of Jehovah; Yahweh has Given
Male
Swedish
Swedish form of Hebrew Yownathan, JONATAN means "God has given."
Male
Hebrew
Hebrew name ELNATHAN means "God has given" or "whom God gave." In the bible, this is the name of Jehoiachin's grandfather.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yehownathan, JEHONATHAN means "God has given." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the eldest son of Saul and a close friend of David.
Male
English
Anglicized form of Hebrew Yownathan, JONATHAN means "God has given." In the bible, this is the name of the eldest son of Saul and a close friend of David.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jonathan, JOHNATHAN means "God has given."
Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Jehovah has given. In the bible Jonathan son of King Saul was noted for manliness; generosity and...
Boy/Male
Christian & English(British/American/Australian)
A Gift
Biblical
given of God
Boy/Male
Hebrew American Biblical
Jehovah has given. Jehovah's gift. Famous Bearer: Anglo-Irish writer Jonathan Swift...
Male
Hebrew
(× Ö¸×ªÖ¸×Ÿ) Hebrew name NATHAN means "a giver" or "whom God gave." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including a son of David. Compare with another form of Nathan.
Male
Romanian
Romanian form of Hebrew Yownathan, IONATAN means "God has given."Â
Male
Hebrew
(×™ï‹× ָתָן) Contracted form of Hebrew Yehownathan, YOWNATHAN means "God has given." In the bible, this is the name of many characters, including the eldest son of Saul and a close friend of David. Jonathan is the Anglicized form.Â
Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Jehovah has given. In the bible Jonathan son of King Saul was noted for manliness; generosity and...
Boy/Male
Hebrew American
Jehovah has given. In the bible Jonathan son of King Saul was noted for manliness; generosity and...
Male
English
 Anglicized form of Greek Natham, NATHAN means "a giver" or "given of God." In the bible, this is the name of a son of David. Compare with another form of Nathan.
Male
English
Variant spelling of English Jonathan, JONATHON means "God has given."
Male
Hebrew
Variant spelling of Hebrew Yownathan, YONATAN means "God has given."Â
Biblical
Youkhana - Jonathan
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim, Sindhi
Grateful; Thankful
Male
Greek
Variant spelling of Greek Lapidoth, LAPIDOT means "torches."Â
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Tamil
Handsome
Female
Spanish
Spanish name SALUD means "health."
Boy/Male
Indian, Sanskrit
Potion of Death
Boy/Male
Biblical
The Lord's dowry, having a dowry.
Girl/Female
Indian, Kashmiri
Goddess
Boy/Male
German
Dignity; Majestic; Grandeur
Girl/Female
Tamil
Madhumalati | மதà¯à®®à®¾à®²à®¤à¯€
Name of a Raga, A flowering creeper
Girl/Female
Danish Swedish Greek
Pure.
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
JONATHAN SWIFT
adv.
In a swift manner; with quick motion or velocity; fleetly.
a.
To go swiftly; to pass at a swift pace; to hasten.
n.
The quality or state of being swift; speed; quickness; celerity; velocity; rapidity; as, the swiftness of a bird; the swiftness of a stream; swiftness of descent in a falling body; swiftness of thought, etc.
a.
To move, proceed, advance, pass, go, come, etc., swiftly, smoothly, or with quick action; -- said of things animate or inanimate. Hence, to flow, glide, or roll onward, as a stream, a snake, a wagon, etc.; to move by quicker action than in walking, as a person, a horse, a dog.
a.
Having wings attached to the feet; as, wing-footed Mercury; hence, swift; moving with rapidity; fleet.
a.
Swift; nimble; agile; strong and active.
v. i.
To be shot or propelled forcibly; -- said of a missile; to be emitted or driven; to move or extend swiftly, as if propelled; as, a shooting star.
v. i.
To move hastily or swiftly.
v. i.
The pace of a horse or other quadruped, more rapid than a walk, but of various degrees of swiftness, in which one fore foot and the hind foot of the opposite side are lifted at the same time.
v. i.
To make a humming or hissing sound, like an arrow or ball flying through the air; to fly or move swiftly with a sharp hissing or whistling sound.
n.
The Indian antelope (Antilope bezoartica, / cervicapra), noted for its beauty and swiftness. It has long, spiral, divergent horns.
adv.
Swiftly.
adv.
Swiftly; nimbly; quickly.
n.
The greatest degree of swiftness in marching. It is executed upon the same principles as the double-quick, but with greater speed.
a.
Swift; rapid.
a.
Relating to a system for transmitting power to a distance by means of swiftly moving ropes or cables driving grooved pulleys of large diameter.
n.
Quickness of motion; swiftness; speed; celerity; rapidity; as, the velocity of wind; the velocity of a planet or comet in its orbit or course; the velocity of a cannon ball; the velocity of light.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small, long-winged, insectivorous birds of the family Micropodidae. In form and habits the swifts resemble swallows, but they are destitute of complex vocal muscles and are not singing birds, but belong to a widely different group allied to the humming birds.
a.
To turn, as a wheel; to revolve on an axis or pivot; as, a wheel runs swiftly round.
n.
Any one of numerous species of small East Indian and Asiatic swifts of the genus Collocalia. Some of the species are noted for furnishing the edible bird's nest. See Illust. under Edible.