sadness

noun
/ˈsædnəs/

Etymology

From Middle English sadnesse, equivalent to sad + -ness.

  1. inherited from sadnesse

Definitions

  1. The state or emotion of being sad.

    • But sorrow that is couch'd in seeming gladness Is like that mirth fate turns to sudden sadness.
  2. An event in one's life that causes sadness.

    • She has experienced many sadnesses in her forty years.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sadness. 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.

01sadness02sad03negative04test05melted06melting07tearful08cry

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

8 hops · closes at sadness

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

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