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gracious

adj
/ˈɡɹeɪʃəs/

Etymology

From Middle English gracious, from Old French gracieus, from Latin gratiosus, from gratia (“esteem, favor”). See grace. Displaced native Old English hold (“gracious”). Doublet of gracioso and grazioso.

  1. derived from gratiosus
  2. derived from gracieus
  3. inherited from gracious

Definitions

  1. kind and warmly courteous

  2. tactful

  3. compassionate

  4. ›+ 5 more definitions

    1. indulgent

    2. benignant

    3. full of grace

      full of grace; graceful; charming; elegant (in appearance, conduct, movement)

      • The gracious movements of the figure skaters impressed the judges.

    4. magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy…

      magnanimous, without arrogance or complaint, benevolently declining to raise controversy or insist on possible prerogatives.

      • The actress's gracious acceptance of being named only in the end credits allowed her character's appearance in the episode to remain a surprise.

    5. Expression of surprise, contempt, outrage, disgust, boredom, or frustration.

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Derived

graciously, graciousness, ingracious, overgracious, ungracious

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at gracious. 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.

01gracious02tactful03tact04appreciating05appreciative06gratitude07grateful08thankful09thanks10graciousness

A definitional loop anchored at gracious. 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 gracious

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

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