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covert

adj
/ˈkəʊvɜːt/UK/ˈkoʊvɚt/US/ˈkʌvət/UK

Etymology

From Middle English covert, from Old French covert, past participle of covrir (“to cover”) (corresponding to Latin coopertus); cognate to cover. Not closely related to overt, despite what the most common pronunciation would suggest.

  1. derived from coopertus
  2. derived from covert
  3. inherited from covert

Definitions

  1. Secret, surreptitious, concealed.

    • covert operations
    • how covert matters may be best disclosed
    • whether of open war or covert guile

  2. Hidden, covered over

    Hidden, covered over; overgrown, sheltered.

    • Within that wood there was a covert glade, Foreby a narrow foord, to them well knowne […]
    • to plant a covert alley

  3. Under coverture.

    • feme covert
    • […] a separate use for a woman cannot be created unless she is covert, or unless in immediate contemplation of her marriage.
    • […] in the second case, as long as the woman is covert she cannot anticipate the income, and a mere alienation of her interest is not an attempt to anticipate.
  4. ›+ 6 more definitions

    1. A covering.

    2. A disguise.

    3. A hiding place.

    4. Area of thick undergrowth where animals hide.

    5. A feather that covers the bases of flight feathers.

      • When he felt the trappings being taken off him, so that he was in hunting order, Cully did make some movements as if to rouse. He raised his crest, his shoulder coverts and the soft feathers of his thighs.

    6. A surname.

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Derived

covert channel, covert curriculum, covertism, covertly, covertness, covert prestige, covert stutter, covert stuttering, semicovert, covert-coat, covert-coating, covert hack, covert hound, covertless, undercovert

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at covert. 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 covert. 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 covert

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