Contextualizebeta

cursory

adj
/ˈkɜː.sə.ɹi/UK/ˈkɝː.sə.ɹi/US/ˈkɵː.sɘ.ɹi/

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French cursoire (“rapid”), from Latin cursorius (“hasty, of a race or running”).

  1. derived from cursorius
  2. borrowed from cursoire

Definitions

  1. Hasty or superficial.

    • cursory glance
    • A cursory view of the report revealed his egregious errors.
    • Most junk mail requires only a cursory glance.

  2. Careless or desultory.

    • The cursory inspection missed several irregularities.

  3. Running about

    Running about; not stationary.

The neighborhood

Derived

cursorily, cursoriness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at cursory. 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.

01cursory02stationary03unchanging04unchange05constant06recurring07repeated08said09mentioned10mention

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

10 hops · closes at cursory

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