longing
verbEtymology
From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).
- inherited from *langōndz✻
- inherited from langiende
- inherited from longynge
Definitions
present participle and gerund of long
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- all natural lovings and longings
The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at longing. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at longing. 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 longing
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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