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engulfment

noun

Etymology

From engulf + -ment.

  1. derived from *kʷelp-✻
  2. derived from κόλπος
  3. derived from colfos
  4. derived from golfo
  5. derived from golf
  6. inherited from gulf
  7. prefixed as engulf — “en + gulf”
  8. suffixed as engulfment — “engulf + ment”

Definitions

  1. The act of engulfing

    • The cultural engulfment that Jews experience at Christmas

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for engulfment. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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