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dislikable

adj

Etymology

From dislike + -able.

  1. derived from *galīkaz✻ — “same, like, similar”
  2. inherited from *galīkê✻
  3. derived from líka — “also, likewise”
  4. inherited from ġelīċe — “likewise, also, as, in like manner, similarly”
  5. inherited from like
  6. inherited from *galīkaz✻ — “like, similar, same”
  7. derived from líkr
  8. inherited from ġelīċ
  9. inherited from lik
  10. prefixed as dislike — “dis + like”
  11. suffixed as dislikable — “dislike + able”

Definitions

  1. Not capable or worthy of being liked

    Not capable or worthy of being liked; not liked; regarded with displeasure or aversion.

    • The dominating figure in the play is Bessie Berger (Joan Lorring), an abrasively dislikable Momma Portnoy.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

6 hops · closes at dislikable

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