foredoom

noun
/ˈfɔːduːm/UK/fɔːˈduːm/

Etymology

From fore- + doom. Compare foredeem.

  1. inherited from *dʰóh₁mos
  2. inherited from *dōmaz
  3. inherited from *dōm
  4. inherited from dōm — “judgement
  5. inherited from doom
  6. prefixed as foredoom — “fore + doom

Definitions

  1. A doom that is predicted

    A doom that is predicted; destiny.

  2. To predestine to a doom.

    • Thou art foredoomed to view the Stygian state.
    • [O]ne feels that no community can really be as purged of peccant humours as the typical American has for the most part found itself foredoomed to look.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at foredoom. 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 foredoom. 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 foredoom

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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