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ring-shaped

adj

Etymology

From ring + shape + -ed.

  1. inherited from *skapjaną✻
  2. inherited from *skappjan✻
  3. inherited from scieppan
  4. inherited from shapen
  5. derived from *(s)kep-✻
  6. inherited from *ga-✻
  7. inherited from *ga-✻
  8. inherited from ġesceap
  9. inherited from shap
  10. formed as ring-shaped — “ring + shape + -ed”

Definitions

  1. Having the shape of a ring.

    • Near-synonyms: circular, annular, O-shaped; oval; round; toroid

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at ring-shaped. 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 ring-shaped. 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 ring-shaped

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