aforesaid

adj
/əˈfɔɹsɛd/US/əˈfɔːsɛd/UK

Etymology

From Middle English aforesaid(e), aforeseid(e), past participle of aforesayen, aforeseyen, aforeseien, aforeseggen; formed with the prefix afore- and the several forms of seien (“to say”). Equivalent to afore- + said.

  1. inherited from aforesaid

Definitions

  1. Previously stated

    Previously stated; said or named before.

    • I soon took pity upon them and on myself, and rode off; but before I had crossed the aforesaid green glade, I heard their voices and laughter rising gaily as before. Very impertinent!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at aforesaid. 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.

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

7 hops · closes at aforesaid

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA