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exemplar

noun
/ɛɡˈzɛm.plə/UK/ɛɡˈzɛm.plɑɹ/US

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin exemplar, from Latin exemplum (“example”). Doublet of exemplary.

  1. derived from exemplum
  2. learned borrowing from exemplar

Definitions

  1. Something fit to be imitated

    Something fit to be imitated; an ideal, a worthy model or role model: a desirable example.

  2. Something typical or representative

    Something typical or representative; an example that typifies its class.

  3. A pattern after which others should be made

    A pattern after which others should be made; an archetype.

  4. ›+ 4 more definitions

    1. A well-known use of a scientific theory.

    2. A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy

      A manuscript used by a scribe to make a handwritten copy; the original document to be reproduced in a copy machine.

    3. A copy of a book or piece of writing.

      • To amend the same [default] according to the true exemplars.

    4. Exemplary.

      • In our age we have no patterne of motherly affection more exemplare, than yours.

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Derived

counterexemplar

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at exemplar

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