nonswan

noun

Etymology

From non- + swan.

  1. inherited from *swanaz — “swan
  2. inherited from *swan
  3. inherited from swan
  4. inherited from swan
  5. prefixed as nonswan — “non + swan

Definitions

  1. That which is not a swan.

    • This is not translated "~s," rather, it asserts the existence of at least one nonswan, and thus becomes "~Sa."
    • Thus, faced with three instances of swans flying west to east and a nonswan (say a crow) flying east to west, an accurate inductive generalization (from this set of four instances) would be that swans fly west to east[…]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for nonswan. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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