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secretive

adj
/ˈsiːkɹɪtɪv//səˈkɹiːtɪv/

Etymology

From Middle English secretife, equivalent to secret + -ive.

  1. inherited from secretife

Definitions

  1. Having an inclination to secrecy.

    • She's a secretive girl, not giving away much about her life.
    • Why are you acting all secretive? What are you hiding?

  2. Relating to secretion.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at secretive. 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 secretive. 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 secretive

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