blurred

adj
/blɜːd/UK/blɝd/US

Etymology

From blur + -ed.

  1. derived from *blasaz — “pale
  2. inherited from *blazjaną — “to make pale
  3. inherited from *blaʀjan
  4. inherited from *blerian
  5. inherited from bleren
  6. formed as blurred — “blur + -ed

Definitions

  1. Out of focus

    Out of focus; partially obscured; smudged.

    • blurred image
    • blurred video
    • blurred margins
  2. simple past and past participle of blur

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at blurred. 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.

01blurred02blur03dim04bright05lustre06luster07luminosity08star

A definitional loop anchored at blurred. 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 blurred

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