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decoration

noun
/ˌdɛkəˈɹeɪʃən/

Etymology

From Latin decoratio: compare French décoration. Morphologically decorate + -ion.

  1. derived from decoratio

Definitions

  1. The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring

    The act of adorning, embellishing, or honoring; ornamentation.

  2. Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies

    Any item that adorns, enriches, or beautifies; something added by way of embellishment or ornamentation.

  3. Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon…

    Specifically, any mark of honor to be worn upon the person, as a medal, cross, or ribbon of an order of knighthood, bestowed for services in war, great achievements in literature, art, etc.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The use of exotic sugars as decoys to distract the immune system of a host

    2. Refurbishment

      Refurbishment; renovation

The neighborhood

Derived

decorational, decorationist, decoration worker, immunodecoration, interior decoration, nondecoration, overdecoration, redecoration, table decoration

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decoration. 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 decoration. 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 decoration

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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