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anticipatory

adj
/anˌtɪsɪˈpeɪtəɹi/UK/ænˌtɪsəpəˈtɔri/US

Etymology

From anticipate + -ory.

  1. borrowed from anticipātus
  2. suffixed as anticipatory — “anticipate + ory”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by anticipation.

    • The children were all wearing anticipatory grins as the cake was served.

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Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at anticipatory

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