pigeon · Contextualize

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin pīpiō Proto-Indo-European *-ōder. Proto-Indo-European *-Hōder.? Latin -ō Latin pipio Old French pyjonbor. Middle English pygeoun English pigeon Inherited from Middle English pygeoun, borrowed from Old French pyjon, inherited from Late Latin pīpiōnem (“chirping bird”), derived from Latin pīpiāre (“to chirp”), of imitative origin. Partly displaced native English dove.

derived from pipio
derived from pipio
derived from pyjon
inherited from pygeoun

Definitions

One of several birds of the family Columbidae within the order Columbiformes.
The meat from this bird.
A person who is a target or victim of a confidence game.
›+ 7 more definitionsshow fewer
1. A pacifist, appeaser, an isolationist, a dove.
2. 5
  A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are…
  A person hired to transport film footage out of a region where transport options are limited.
  - Kalb rushed to the airport and found a "pigeon" to take out the film: an American woman headed for London.
3. A weak or useless person.
4. To deceive with a confidence game.
5. 8
  Concern or responsibility.
  - It's their pigeon.
6. A surname.
7. A number of places in the United States
  A number of places in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

antipigeon, blue pigeon flyer, Bresse pigeon, carrier-pigeon, clay pigeon, cock pigeon, cut the pigeon wing, domestic pigeon (Columba livia domestica or, fly the blue pigeon, future pigeon, Green Pigeon, hen pigeon, jealous as a Barbary pigeon, messenger pigeon, moon pigeon, owl pigeon, peak-crested pigeon, pib, pibbin, pidge, pigeonable, pigeon band, pigeon banding, pigeonberry, pigeon-blood, pigeon blue, pigeon breast, pigeon-breasted, pigeon breed, pigeon breeder, pigeon breeding, pigeon bug, pigeon-chested, pigeon chest, pigeon clock, pigeon coop, pigeon cot, pigeon cote, pigeon crop, pigeon defence · +80 more

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at pigeon. 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 pigeon. 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 pigeon

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.