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cyclostyle

noun

Etymology

From cyclo- + style (as in stylus). Late 19th century.

  1. derived from *(s)teyg-✻ — “to be sharp; to pierce, prick, puncture, stab; to goad”
  2. derived from stilus — “pointed instrument, pale, spike, stake; writing tool, stylus; act of setting down in writing, composition; characteristic mode of expression, style; stem of a plant”
  3. derived from stylus
  4. derived from style
  5. inherited from stile
  6. prefixed as cyclostyle — “cyclo + style”

Definitions

  1. A circular group of columns without a core.

  2. A device used to make copies of a drawing or writing, via small punctures made in the…

    A device used to make copies of a drawing or writing, via small punctures made in the outline

  3. To use such a wheel and puncture device to make copies.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for cyclostyle. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA