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layperson

noun
/ˈleɪ.pɜɹ.sən/US

Etymology

A lay (“non-clergy, nonclergy”) + person, along the lines of layman.

  1. derived from 𐌘𐌄𐌓𐌔𐌖 — “mask”
  2. derived from persōna — “mask used by actor; role, part, character”
  3. derived from parsone
  4. inherited from persoun
  5. compounded as layperson — “lay#Etymology 3 + person”

Definitions

  1. A person who is not a cleric.

    • Holonyms: laity; see also Thesaurus:laity

  2. One who is not intimately familiar with a given subject or activity.

    • The book was written for professionals, but an intelligent layperson could understand most of it.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at layperson. 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.

01layperson02cleric03clergy04priests05priest06clergyperson07minister

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

7 hops · closes at layperson

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