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penal

adj
/ˈpiːnəl/

Etymology

From Old French peinal, from Medieval Latin penalis, from Latin poenalis, from poena (“punishment”), from Ancient Greek ποινή (poinḗ, “punishment”), from Proto-Indo-European *kʷoynéh₂.

  1. derived from *kʷoynéh₂✻
  2. derived from ποινή
  3. derived from poenalis
  4. derived from penalis
  5. derived from peinal

Definitions

  1. Of or relating to punishment.

    • penal servitude

  2. Subject to punishment

    Subject to punishment; punishable.

    • a penal offence

  3. Serving as a place of punishment.

    • a penal colony
  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. Exorbitant.

      • a penal rate of interest

The neighborhood

Derived

nonpenal, parapenal, penal code, penal colony, penal-industrial complex, penalise, penalism, penalization, penal law, penally, penal notice, penal officer, penal populism, penal rosary, penal substitution, postpenal, unpenal

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at penal. 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 penal. 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 penal

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