regrettable
adjEtymology
Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der. Proto-Germanic *grētaną Frankish *grātander. Old French *greter Old French regreterbor. Middle English regretten English regret Proto-Indo-European *-tḗr Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlom Proto-Indo-European *-dʰlis Proto-Italic *-ðlis Latin -bilis Latin -ābilis Old French -ablebor. Middle English -able English -able English regrettable From regret + -able.
- derived from *greter Old French regreterbor✻
- derived from *grētaną Frankish *grātander✻
- derived from re- Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰreh₁d-der
- derived from *wre- Latin re-der✻
Definitions
Able to be regretted, especially deserving of regret.
- The officers' actions were regrettable, yes, but there's nothing to be done now but to relocate everyone to the mainland in a calm and orderly manner.
- And when they do, readers may find themselves on an unfamiliar website with an odd name, faced with a photo gallery of regrettable tattoos or a listicle on 22 celebrities with ugly spouses.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at regrettable. 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 regrettable. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.
6 hops · closes at regrettable
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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