Saturday
nounEtymology
From Middle English Saterday, from Old English sæterdæġ, earlier sæternesdæġ (“Saterday”, literally “Saturn's day”), from Proto-West Germanic *Sāturnas dag; a translation of Latin diēs Saturnī. Compare West Frisian saterdei (“Saturday”), Dutch zaterdag (“Saturday”), German Low German Saterdag (“Saturday”).
- derived from diēs Saturnī
- inherited from *Sāturnas dag✻
- inherited from sæterdæġ
- inherited from Saterday
Definitions
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week…
The seventh day of the week in many religious traditions, and the sixth day of the week in systems using the ISO 8601 norm; the Jewish Sabbath; it follows Friday and precedes Sunday.
On Saturday.
To spend Saturday (at a place or doing an activity).
- Mr. Angus Hibbard, of New York, Fridayed and Saturdayed in Chicago, for the show and banquet.
The neighborhood
Vish — recursive loop
A definitional loop anchored at Saturday. 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 saturday. 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 saturday
curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.
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