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intensifier

noun

Etymology

From intensify + -er; from the most common use of such terms, to intensify an adjective.

  1. derived from *tend-✻ — “to extend, stretch”
  2. derived from intēnsus — “strained, stretched tight; intense; attentive; violent; (rare) eager, intent”
  3. derived from intense
  4. inherited from intens
  5. suffixed as intensify — “intense + ify”
  6. suffixed as intensifier — “intensify + -er”

Definitions

  1. That which intensifies.

  2. A word or particle that heightens the intensity of meaning of a term.

  3. A chemical agent used to intensify the lights or shadows of a photograph.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at intensifier. 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 intensifier. 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 intensifier

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