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mesmerized

adj

Etymology

Derived from mesmerism, a pseudoscientific theory and practiced originating with and named after Franz Anton Mesmer and also known as animal magnetism.

Definitions

  1. Spellbound or enthralled.

  2. Hypnotized.

  3. simple past and past participle of mesmerize

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Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at mesmerized

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