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faster

adj
/ˈfæstɚ/US/ˈfɑːstə/UK

Etymology

From fast (“refrain from eating”) + -er.

  1. derived from fasta
  2. inherited from *fastijaną✻ — “to fasten”
  3. inherited from *fastāną✻ — “to fast”
  4. inherited from *fastēn✻
  5. inherited from fæstan — “to fast”
  6. inherited from fasten
  7. suffixed as faster — “fast + er”

Definitions

  1. comparative form of fast

    comparative form of fast: more fast

  2. One who fasts, or voluntarily refrains from eating.

  3. Acronym of face, arms, stability, talking, eyes, react, a mnemonic for diagnosing a…

    Acronym of face, arms, stability, talking, eyes, react, a mnemonic for diagnosing a cerebrovascular accident (“CVA”) or stroke; coined in recognition of the word faster, as a need for speedy diagnosis and treatment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at faster

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