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igneous

adj
/ˈɪɡ.ni.əs/

Etymology

From Latin igneus (“fiery”). By surface analysis, Latin ign- + -eous.

  1. borrowed from igneus — “fiery”

Definitions

  1. Pertaining to or having the nature of fire

    Pertaining to or having the nature of fire; containing fire; resembling fire.

    • The stone had an igneous appearance.

  2. Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from…

    Resulting from, or produced by, great heat. With rocks, it could also mean formed from lava or magma.

    • Granite and basalt are igneous rocks.
    • All formations, whether igneous or aqueous, which can be shown by any such proofs to be of a date posterior to the introduction of man, will be called Recent.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at igneous. 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 igneous. 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 igneous

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