ovoid
adj/ˈoʊvɔɪd/US
Etymology
From Latin ōvum (“egg”) + -oid (“resembling”).
Definitions
Shaped like an oval.
- That was the way my mind lurched and stumbled, among the sharp rs and ts, sliding over the ovoid vowels as if on pebbles.
Egg-shaped
Egg-shaped; shaped like an oval, but more tapered at one end; ovate.
Something that is oval in shape.
The neighborhood
Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at ovoid. 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.
A definitional loop anchored at ovoid. 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 ovoid
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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