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borderland

noun
/ˈbɔː(ɹ).də(ɹ)ˌlænd/

Etymology

From border + land.

  1. derived from *lendʰ-✻
  2. inherited from *landą✻
  3. inherited from *land✻
  4. inherited from land
  5. inherited from lond
  6. compounded as borderland — “border + land”

Definitions

  1. Land near a border

    Land near a border; marches.

    • retaining Liddesdale and his other Borderlands and Offices in his owne person
    • They came to the river that marked the very edge of the borderland of the Wild […]

  2. An intermediate state, category, etc.

    • Near-synonyms: twilight zone, shadowland
    • “Mr. Alwyn, the line between virtue and foolishness is dim and wavering, and I should hate to see you lost in that marshy borderland. […]”

The neighborhood

Derived

borderlander

Vish — recursive loop

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA