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nonstandard

adj
/nɑnˈstændɚd/CA

Etymology

From non- + standard.

  1. inherited from standar
  2. derived from *oʀd✻ — “point, spot, place”
  3. derived from *standahard✻
  4. derived from estandart — “gathering place, battle flag”
  5. inherited from standard
  6. prefixed as nonstandard — “non + standard”

Definitions

  1. Not standard.

  2. Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its…

    Not conforming to the standard variety, or to the language as used by the majority of its speakers.

  3. Something that is not standard.

    • Unlike the TV standard we are all accustomed to, the Web is the wild, wild West of video nonstandards.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nonstandard. 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 nonstandard. 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 nonstandard

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