bifolio

noun

Etymology

From bi- + folio.

  1. derived from in foliō
  2. derived from in foglio
  3. derived from foglio — “rectangular sheet of paper
  4. derived from *bʰleh₃- — “bloom, flower
  5. derived from folium — “leaf of a plant
  6. derived from folium — “leaf or sheet of paper
  7. derived from foliō
  8. derived from foliō
  9. derived from foliō
  10. inherited from folio — “leaf of a book
  11. prefixed as bifolio — “bi + folio

Definitions

  1. A single sheet folded in half to make two leaves.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at bifolio

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