extraneous
adjEtymology
From Latin extrāneus (“from without, strange”). Doublet of strange. Cognate with estrange (verb), Spanish extraño.
Definitions
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing
Not belonging to, or dependent upon, a thing; without or beyond a thing; foreign.
- to separate gold from extraneous matter
- Extraneous substances were found on my cup of water.
Not essential or intrinsic.
- Edward had seen beauty often, and seen it with every possible aid; but never had he seen beauty so perfect, yet so utterly devoid of extraneous assistance.
The neighborhood
- synonymalien
- synonymforeign
- synonymintrusive
- synonymextra
- antonymintraneous
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at extraneous. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at extraneous. 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 extraneous
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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