consolation

noun
/ˌkɑn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/US/ˌkɒn.səˈleɪ.ʃən/UK

Etymology

From Old French consolacion (French consolatio), from Latin cōnsōlātiō, from the deponent verb cōnsōlor (“I console, encourage”) with the -tiō suffix, while cōnsōlor comprises the intensifying prefix con- with the deponent verb sōlor (“I comfort, console”). Equivalent to console + -ation. Doublet of consolatio.

  1. derived from *selh₂-
  2. derived from cōnsōlor
  3. borrowed from consoler
  4. suffixed as consolation — “console + ation

Definitions

  1. The act or example of consoling

    The act or example of consoling; the condition of being consoled.

    • [I]f Charles is undone, He'll find half his Acquaintance ruin'd too, and that, you know, is a consolation—
  2. The prize or benefit for the loser.

  3. A consolation goal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at consolation. 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.

01consolation02consoled03console04home05abundant06richly07luxurious08comfortable09comfort

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

9 hops · closes at consolation

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