pleasing
adjEtymology
From Middle English plesynge, pleizinge, plesende (present participle), equivalent to please + -ing.
- inherited from plesynge
Definitions
Agreeable
Agreeable; giving pleasure, cheer, enjoyment or gratification.
- These two designs were neat and handsome, by modern standards, and very pleasing in appearance.
present participle and gerund of please.
pleasure or satisfaction, as in the phrase "to someone's pleasing."
- What more palpable confutation can there be of human vanity and arrogance, of all lofty imaginations, all presumptuous confidences, all turgid humours, all fond self-pleasings and self-admirings, than is that tragical cross […]
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Derived
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at pleasing. 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 pleasing. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
10 hops · closes at pleasing
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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