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patriotic

adj
/pæt.ɹiˈɒ.tɪk/UK/peɪ.tɹiˈɑ.tɪk/US

Etymology

From French patriotique, from Late Latin patriōticus, from Ancient Greek πατριωτικός (patriōtikós), from πατριώτης (patriṓtēs), equivalent to patriot + -ic.

  1. derived from πατριώτης
  2. derived from patriōta
  3. derived from patriote
  4. formed as patriotic — “patriot + -ic”

Definitions

  1. Inspired by or showing patriotism

    Inspired by or showing patriotism; done out of love of one's country; zealously and unselfishly devoted to the service of one's country

    • a patriotic statesman
    • a patriotic song
    • But if patriotic sentiment is wanted, I've patriotic ballads cut and dried; For where'er our country's banner may be planted, All other local banners are defied!

  2. A postage stamp, Civil War token, etc. bearing a patriotic design.

    • Most patriotics in copper or brass are common. They are rare in off-metals.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

7 hops · closes at patriotic

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