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alimony

noun
/ˈæl.ɪ.mə.ni/UK/ˈæl.ə.moʊ.ni/US

Etymology

Known since the 17th century, from Latin alimōnia (“food, support, nourishment, sustenance”) (English aliment, as in alimentary), itself from alō (“to nourish”) + -mōnia (“action, state, condition”).

  1. derived from alimōnia

Definitions

  1. A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated…

    A court-mandated allowance made to a former spouse by a divorced or legally separated person.

    • In that case he has to pay her alimony even if there are no children, and if she is one of those smart ones, interested in nothing but a good living and independence, she is set for life.
    • Who won, huh? Nobody. Used to be sex was the only free thing, No longer. Alimony… palimony… it's all financial. Love is an illusion.
    • Audball's latest pickup didn't seem to care where they were, or anything at all about alimony, palimony, or child support […]

  2. Nourishment, sustenance, especially for one's spirit.

    • […]while we eate the bread of sorrow, drinking the wine of compunction, wee hunger and thirst after heauenly things, and shall be comforted. This is the constant alimonie of the righteous, at dinner and supper, in life and death[…]

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Derived

alimonious, alimony drone, manimony, nonalimony, palimony, vaginamony

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at alimony. 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 alimony. 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 alimony

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