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sentimental

adj
/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/UK/ˌsɛntiˈmɛntl̩/US

Etymology

From sentiment + -al.

  1. derived from sentimentum
  2. derived from sentement
  3. suffixed as sentimental — “sentiment + al”

Definitions

  1. Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion

    Characterized by sentiment, sentimentality or excess emotion; appealing to the emotions (especially tender emotions) rather than reason, morality, aesthetic taste, etc.

    • Are you in sentimental mood? I'll sigh with you.
    • Gonna take a Sentimental Journey, Gonna set my heart at ease. Gonna make a Sentimental Journey, to renew old memories.
    • 2007, Steven Wilson, "Normal", Porcupine Tree, Nil Recurring. Wish I was old and a little sentimental

  2. Derived from emotion rather than logical reason.

  3. Romantic.

The neighborhood

Derived

antisentimental, hypersentimental, nonsentimental, oversentimental, semisentimental, sentimental comedy, sentimentalisation, sentimentalism, sentimentalist, sentimentalistic, sentimentalistically, sentimentality, sentimentalization, sentimentalize, sentimentally, sentimental value, supersentimental, ultrasentimental

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at sentimental. 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 sentimental. 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 sentimental

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