dispirit

verb

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁ Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is- Proto-Italic *dis- Latin dis- Old French des-bor. ▲ Latin dis-bor. Middle English dis- English dis- Proto-Indo-European *(s)peys-der.? Latin spīrō Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Italic *-tus Latin -tus Latin spīritus Old French espiritbor. Middle English spirit English spirit English dispirit From dis- + spirit.

  1. derived from dis-bor

Definitions

  1. To lower the morale of

    To lower the morale of; to make despondent; to dishearten.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at dispirit. 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.

01dispirit02dishearten03discourage04deject05dispirited

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

5 hops · closes at dispirit

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

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