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nobility

noun
/noʊˈbɪlɪti/US/nəʊˈbɪlɪti/UK/nɵbɨˈlɪʈi/

Etymology

From Old French nobilité, from Latin nobilitas. Equivalent to noble + -ity.

  1. derived from nōbilis — “knowable, known, well-known, famous, celebrated, high-born, of noble birth, excellent”
  2. derived from noble
  3. inherited from noble
  4. formed as nobility — “noble + -ity”

Definitions

  1. A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title

    A noble or privileged social class, historically accompanied by a hereditary title; aristocracy.

    • The castle was once home to the Scottish nobility.
    • Titles of nobility were passed down through generations.

  2. The quality of being noble.

    • He displayed nobility of character when helping his rivals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nobility. 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 nobility. 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 nobility

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