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bashful

adj
/ˈbæʃfəɫ/

Etymology

16th-century apheresis of abashed + -ful (“full of”).

Definitions

  1. Shy

    Shy; not liking to be noticed; socially timid.

  2. Indicating bashfulness.

    • a bashful look

The neighborhood

Derived

bashful bladder, bashfully, bashfulness, overbashful, unbashful

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at bashful. 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.

01bashful02timid03courage04despite05spite06mortification07embarrassment08bashfulness

A definitional loop anchored at bashful. 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 bashful

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

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