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oriental

adj
/ɔːɹiˈɛntəl/UK

Etymology

From Middle English oriental, from Anglo-Norman oriental, Middle French oriental, from Latin orientālis (“eastern”), from oriēns (“rising (of the Sun)”), present active participle of orior (“to rise”).

  1. derived from orientālis
  2. derived from oriental
  3. derived from oriental
  4. inherited from oriental

Definitions

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Oriental.

  2. Of a pearl or other precious stone

    Of a pearl or other precious stone: having a superior lustre.

  3. Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky

    Pertaining to the eastern part of the sky; happening before sunrise.

  4. ›+ 7 more definitions

    1. Happening in the eastern part of a given place or location.

    2. Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early…

      Pertaining to the regions east of the Mediterranean, beyond the Roman Empire or the early Christian world; of the Near East, the Middle East or the Far East, now especially relating to East Asia.

    3. Designating various types of aromatic tobacco grown in Turkey and the Balkans.

    4. A precious stone, especially an orient pearl.

    5. A member or descendant of the peoples and cultures of the Orient.

      • He looked at her face. He ran his index finger down the bridge of her nose. “Exotic. The last one was an Oriental, too.” “Orientals are rugs and furniture,” Anna said. “Not people.”

    6. A lily cultivar of a widely varied group, with strong scent.

    7. A person from the eastern region of a place.

      • 1848, National anthem of Uruguay Orientals, the Fatherland or the grave, Liberty or with glory we die!

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at oriental. 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 oriental. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at oriental

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