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decorative

adj
/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/UK/ˈdɛk.ə.ɹə.tɪv/US/ˈdek.ə.ɹə.tɪv/

Etymology

From Latin decorātus + -ive. Cognate with French décoratif.

  1. derived from decorātus

Definitions

  1. That serves to decorate

    • The parsnip, stilton and chestnut combination may taste good, but it's not terribly decorative. In fact, dull's the word, a lingering adjectival ghost of nut roasts past that I'm keen to banish from the table.

  2. A plant, tile, etc. intended for use as decoration.

    • Analysts said the company’s results were in line, but noted that organic growth at the decoratives business was slightly weaker than expected.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at decorative. 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 decorative. 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 decorative

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