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hesitation

noun
/hɛzɪˈteɪʃən/UK

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin haereō Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin -tō ▲ Latin -tō Latin -itō Latin -titō Latin haesitō Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin haesitātiōbor. English hesitation From Latin haesitātiōnem, accusative singular of haesitātiō (“hesitating, stammering”), from haesitō (“hesitate”). Displaced native Old English ġewand.

  1. borrowed from haesitātiōnem

Definitions

  1. An act of hesitating

  2. Doubt

    Doubt; vacillation.

    • She carried out the order without hesitation.

  3. A faltering in speech

    A faltering in speech; stammering.

The neighborhood

Derived

hesitational, hesitation form, hesitation mark, hesitation marker, hesitation wound

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at hesitation

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

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