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forceful

adj
/ˈfɔɹsfl̩/US

Etymology

From force + -ful.

  1. derived from *bʰerǵʰ-✻ — “to rise, high, hill”
  2. derived from fortis — “strong”
  3. derived from fortia
  4. derived from force
  5. inherited from force
  6. suffixed as forceful — “force + ful”

Definitions

  1. Capable of either physical or coercive force

    Capable of either physical or coercive force; powerful.

    • forceful leader
    • forceful speech
    • She gave a forceful argument against the proposal.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at forceful

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