Mrs

noun
/ˈmɪsɪz/UK/ˈmɪsɪz/US/ˈmɪs/

Etymology

From mistress.

Definitions

  1. Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress

    Abbreviation of Missus or Mistress; used before an adult woman's name or surname, used for any high-status woman without regard to marital status until the 1800s, after which it began to be reserved for married, divorced and widowed women and used with their married surnames.

    • Mrs Mal[aprop]. O, there's nothing to be hoped for from her! ſhe's as headſtrong as an allegory on the banks of the Nile.
  2. Initialism of Materials Research Society.

  3. Initialism of Melbourne Rectangular Stadium.

  4. + 6 more definitions
    1. Initialism of magnetic resonance spectroscopy.

    2. Initialism of mandibular repositioning splint.

    3. Initialism of marginal rate of substitution.

    4. Initialism of metabolic risk score.

    5. Ellipsis of MRS degree

    6. plural of MR

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at Mrs. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

01mrs02rectangular03rectangle04except05exception06clause07clauses08claus

A definitional loop anchored at mrs. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

8 hops · closes at mrs

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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