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pupil

noun
/ˈpjuːpəl/

Etymology

From Middle English pupille, from Old French pupille, from Latin pūpilla (“pupil; little girl, doll”), named because of the small reflected image seen when looking into someone's eye.

  1. derived from pūpillus
  2. derived from pupille
  3. inherited from pupille

Definitions

  1. A learner at a school under the supervision of a teacher.

    • All of these different methods of teaching elementary reading were successful for some pupils, unsuccessful for others.
    • The bell which called the pupils to their lessons can still be seen on the roof.

  2. One who studies under supervision of a renowned expert in their field.

    • Plato was Socrates' pupil, and in turn Aristotle was Plato's pupil.
    • I understand; it’s because I seem to you to be a worse pupil than the judges in court, because obviously you’ll demonstrate to them that the sorts of things your father did are unjust and hated by all the gods.

  3. An orphan who is a minor and under the protection of the state.

  4. ›+ 2 more definitions

    1. The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused…

      The hole in the middle of the iris of the eye, through which light passes to be focused on the retina.

    2. The central dark part of an ocellated spot.

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Derived

day pupil, interpupil, pupilage, pupildom, pupiless, pupilhood, pupillage, pupil premium, pupilship, pupil teacher, Adie's pupil, Adie's tonic pupil, Argyll Robertson pupil, AR pupil, bipupillate, blown pupil, Marcus Gunn pupil, prostitute's pupil, pseudopupil, pupilar, pupilary, pupillary, pupillate, pupilled, pupilless, pupillography, pupillometer, pupillometric, pupillometry, pupillomotor, pupilometer, pupilometric, pupilometry

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at pupil

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

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