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mystify

verb
/ˈmɪstɪfaɪ/

Etymology

From French mystifier, from Ancient Greek μυστικός (mustikós, “secret, mystic”) + Latin -ficare.

  1. derived from -ficare
  2. derived from mystifier

Definitions

  1. To thoroughly confuse, befuddle, or bewilder.

    • Solar eclipses continued to mystify ancient humans for thousands of years.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

6 hops · closes at mystify

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