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meritorious

adj
/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔɹi.əs/US/ˌmɛɹɪˈtɔːɹɪ.əs/UK

Etymology

From Middle English meritorious, borrowed between 1375 and 1425 from Latin meritōrius (“earning money”), from meritus, past participle of mereō (“to earn”).

  1. derived from meritōrius
  2. inherited from meritorious

Definitions

  1. Deserving of merit or commendation

    Deserving of merit or commendation; deserving reward.

    • The policeman received the Award of Meritorious Service from his grateful department.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at meritorious. 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 meritorious. 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 meritorious

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