astronut

noun

Etymology

Blend of astronaut + nut.

  1. inherited from *hnuts
  2. inherited from *hnut
  3. inherited from hnutu
  4. inherited from note
  5. compounded as astronut — “astronaut + nut

Definitions

  1. A person with an obsessive interest in astronomy.

    • He was an “astronut”, a lover of all things extraterrestrial. For him astronomy was so great a passion it bordered on obsession.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for astronut. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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