cigarette
nounEtymology
Etymology tree Latin cicādader. Vulgar Latin *cicār(r)a Spanish cigarra? Spanish cigarrobor. French cigare French -ette French cigarettebor. English cigarette Borrowed from French cigarette, from cigare, from Spanish cigarro + diminutive suffix -ette. By surface analysis, cigar + -ette.
Definitions
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with…
A small cigar consisting of tobacco or another substance, wrapped up in a thin roll with paper, intended for smoking.
- No matter how early I came down, I would find him on the veranda, smoking cigarettes, or otherwise his man would be there with a message to say that his master would shortly join me if I would kindly wait.
- He rose to light my cigarette, then sank back into his wicker chair contentedly. The tea was weak, but not cold, thanks to the hot-plate.
To give someone a cigarette, or to light one for them.
- Could someone cigarette me?
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at cigarette. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at cigarette. 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 cigarette
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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