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moisturizer

noun

Etymology

From moisturize + -er.

  1. derived from moistour
  2. inherited from moisture
  3. suffixed as moisturize — “moisture + ize”
  4. suffixed as moisturizer — “moisturize + er”

Definitions

  1. Something that causes moisture or a condition of wetness

    Something that causes moisture or a condition of wetness; something that makes things moist.

    • The oil acts as a moisturizer to the wood.

  2. Moisturising cream, emollient.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

10 hops · closes at moisturizer

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