allergic

adj
/əˈlɜː.dʒɪk/UK/əˈlɝ.d͡ʒɪk/US/aˈlɜ(r)dʒɪk/

Etymology

From allergy + -ic.

  1. derived from ἄλλος — “other
  2. borrowed from Allergie
  3. suffixed as allergic — “allergy + ic

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to allergy.

  2. Having an allergy.

    • I am allergic to cats.
  3. Highly averse.

    • I'm allergic to homework.
  4. + 1 more definition
    1. A person who has an allergy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at allergic

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