careworn

adj
/ˈkɛːwɔːn/UK/ˈkɛəɹˌwɔɹn/US

Etymology

From care (“sorrow, worry”) + worn.

Definitions

  1. Worn down by cares

    Worn down by cares: showing the signs of long-term stress, tired and haggard due to prolonged worry.

    • The weeks of working hard to look after his sick family left him looking careworn.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at careworn

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

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