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rightful

adj
/ˈɹaɪtfəl/

Etymology

From Middle English rightful, ryghtfull, riȝtful, from Old English *rihtfull (suggested by derivative unrihtfull (“unrightful”)), equivalent to right + -ful.

  1. inherited from *rihtfull✻
  2. inherited from rightful

Definitions

  1. By right

    By right; by law.

    • rightful owner
    • rightful heir
    • Who shall pull this sword from the stone is rightful king of England.ᵂ

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at rightful. 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 rightful. 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 rightful

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

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA