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nourishment

noun
/ˈnʌɹɪʃmənt/UK/ˈnɝɪʃmənt/US

Etymology

From Middle English norisshement, from Middle French, from Old French norissement, from norrir, equivalent to nourish + -ment.

  1. derived from norissement
  2. inherited from norisshement

Definitions

  1. The act of nourishing or the state of being nourished.

  2. Something that nourishes

    Something that nourishes; food.

    • The Oriental Synagogue, continuing to draw musical nourishment from Semitic-Oriental sources.
    • Many ultraraces do not include much nourishment from organizers.

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Derived

beach nourishment, overnourishment, renourishment, undernourishment

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at nourishment. 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.

01nourishment02nourished03fed04government05enforce06fortifications07fortification08defend09support10sustenance

A definitional loop anchored at nourishment. 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 nourishment

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