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imaginative

adj
/ɪˈmæd͡ʒɪnətɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English ymagynatif, from Middle French imaginatif, from Medieval Latin imāginātīvus. By surface analysis, imagine + -ative.

  1. derived from imāginātīvus
  2. derived from imaginatif
  3. inherited from ymagynatif

Definitions

  1. Having a lively or creative imagination.

    • an imaginative boy
    • No doubt kibitzers are highly imaginative. How else could they see wins and brilliant combinations that do not exist?

  2. Tending to be fanciful or inventive.

    • an imaginative story

  3. False or imagined.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

9 hops · closes at imaginative

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