raindrop
nounEtymology
From Middle English rein-drope, reyn-drope, reyn drope, from Old English reġndropa, from Proto-Germanic *regnadrupô. Equivalent to rain + drop. Cognate with Saterland Frisian Riendruppe, West Frisian reindrip, Dutch regendroppel, regendruppel, German Low German Regendrüpp, German Regentropfen, Swedish regndroppe, Icelandic regndropi.
- inherited from *regnadrupô✻
- inherited from reġndropa
- inherited from rein-drope
Definitions
A single droplet of rainwater that has just fallen or is falling from the sky.
- 1969, Hal David (lyricist), “Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head”.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at raindrop. 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 raindrop. 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 raindrop
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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