chronofile

noun

Etymology

From chrono- + file, coined by Buckminster Fuller for his own Dymaxion Chronofile.

  1. derived from *peyḱ-
  2. inherited from *finhlō
  3. inherited from fēl
  4. inherited from file
  5. prefixed as chronofile — “chrono + file

Definitions

  1. A historical record made up of everyday papers and documents from many stages of the…

    A historical record made up of everyday papers and documents from many stages of the owner's life.

    • Designated scholars kept journals or diaries of their participation in the project as well as chronofiles — depositories of the notes, announcements, and other memorabilia relevant to a scholar's life.
    • An impish, balding man, he mimicked the inventor Buckminster Fuller, who documented his life in what he called a chronofile by pasting letters, bills and all manner of pieces of paper in a huge scrapbook for 68 years.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for chronofile. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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