seriousness

noun
/ˈsɪɹiəsnəs/US/ˈsɪəɹiəsnəs/UK

Etymology

From serious + -ness.

  1. derived from *swer-
  2. derived from sērius
  3. derived from sēriōsus
  4. derived from serieux
  5. inherited from seryows
  6. formed as seriousness — “serious + -ness

Definitions

  1. The state or quality of being serious.

    • “[…] She takes the whole thing with desperate seriousness. But the others are all easy and jovial—thinking about the good fare that is soon to be eaten, about the hired fly, about anything.”
    • Though Bane’s sing-song voice gives his pronouncements a funny lilt, he doesn’t have any of the Joker’s deranged wit, and Nolan isn’t interested in undercutting his seriousness for the sake of a breezier entertainment.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at seriousness. 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 seriousness. 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 seriousness

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

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