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diligent

adj
/ˈdɪlɪdʒənt/UK

Etymology

From Middle English diligent, from Old French diligent, from Latin dīligēns (“careful, attentive, diligent”), present participle of dīligō (“to love, esteem much”, literally “to choose, select”), from dī-, dis- (“apart”) + legō (“to choose”); see elect and select.

  1. derived from dīligēns
  2. derived from diligent
  3. inherited from diligent

Definitions

  1. Performing with industrious concentration

    Performing with industrious concentration; hard-working and focused.

    • Scientists are very diligent in their work.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at diligent. 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 diligent. 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 diligent

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

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