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semi-precious

adj

Etymology

From semi- + precious.

  1. derived from pretiōsus — “of great value, costly, dear, precious”
  2. borrowed from precios — “valuable, costly, precious, beloved, also affected, finical”
  3. inherited from precious
  4. prefixed as semi-precious — “semi + precious”

Definitions

  1. Somewhat precious or valuable.

    • This semiprecious stone, which resembles green glass, has gemlike qualities and is often used in jewelry.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at semi-precious. 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 semi-precious. 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 semi-precious

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