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saying

verb
/ˈseɪ.ɪŋ/UK

Etymology

From say + -ing.

  1. derived from *sokʷ-h₁-yé-✻
  2. inherited from *sagjaną✻ — “to say”
  3. inherited from *saggjan✻
  4. inherited from secgan — “to say, speak”
  5. inherited from seyen
  6. suffixed as saying — “say + ing”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of say

  2. A proverb or maxim.

    • There is a Chinese saying: "One who does not know how to smile has no business to be in business." How much truer is this of people engaged in the business of diplomacy!
    • Garrus: Fist knows you're coming. We'll have a better chance if we all work together. Wrex: My people have a saying: Seek the enemy of your enemy, and you will find a friend.

  3. That which is said

    That which is said; an utterance.

    • And I'll be sworn you would believe my saying, Howe'er you lean to th' nayward.

The neighborhood

Derived

doomsaying, soothsaying

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at saying. 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 saying. 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 saying

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