congratulation

noun
/kənˌɡɹæd͡ʒʊˈleɪʃ(ə)n/UK

Etymology

From Middle English congratulacion, from Middle French congratulation or its etymon Latin congrātulātiō, from congrātulor (“to congratulate”). By surface analysis, congratulate + -ion.

  1. derived from congratulatio
  2. derived from congratulation
  3. inherited from congratulacion

Definitions

  1. The act of congratulating.

    • May I present my warmest congratulations?

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at congratulation

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