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chaotic

adj
/keɪˈɒtɪk/UK/keɪˈɑtɪk/CA/kæɪˈɔtɪk/

Etymology

From Late Latin chaoticus (“of or pertaining to the primordial state of the universe”), from Latin chaos (“chaos”) + -ticus (suffix forming adjectives from nouns); analysable as chaos + -otic. Doublet of gassy.

  1. derived from chaos
  2. derived from chaoticus

Definitions

  1. Filled with chaos.

    • Democratic Rep. LaMonica McIver said Tuesday that the federal assault charges filed against her a day earlier related to a chaotic melee outside an Immigration Customs and Enforcement detention facility are “absurd.”

  2. Extremely disorganized or in disarray.

    • In theſe early and unrefined Ages, the jarring Parts of a certain chaotick Conſtitution ſupported their ſeveral Pretenſions by the Sword. Experience and Policy have ſince taught other Methods.
    • Yes, there is death in this business of whaling—a speechlessly quick chaotic bundling of a man into Eternity.

  3. Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very…

    Highly sensitive to starting conditions, so that a small change to them may yield a very different outcome.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. Aligned against following or upholding laws and principles.

    2. A character having a chaotic alignment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at chaotic

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