opportune

adj
/ɒ.pəˈt͡ʃ(j)uːn/UK/ˌɑ.pɚˈt͡ʃuːn/US

Etymology

From Old French opportun, from Latin opportunus.

  1. derived from opportunus
  2. derived from opportun

Definitions

  1. Suitable for some particular purpose.

    • This would be an opportune spot for a picnic.
    • I staggered to an opportune wall and continued to wail from the deepest, hurtingest, sweetest little abandoned place I could imagine. Finally, I dragged my weary body to my seat and finished my conversation with God.
  2. At a convenient or advantageous time.

    • The opportune arrival of the bus cut short the boring conversation.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at opportune. 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 opportune. 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 opportune

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