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guesswork

noun

Etymology

From guess + work. Compare Dutch giswerk (“guesswork”).

  1. inherited from *werǵ-✻ — “to make”
  2. inherited from *wérǵom✻ — “work”
  3. inherited from *werką✻ — “work”
  4. inherited from *werk✻
  5. inherited from weorc
  6. inherited from work
  7. compounded as guesswork — “guess + work”

Definitions

  1. An estimate, judgment or opinion made by guessing, from limited information.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for guesswork. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA