skeletal

noun
/ˈskɛl.ɪ.təl/UK/ˈskɛl.ə.təl/US/ˈskel.ə.təl/

Etymology

From skeleton + -al.

  1. derived from *(s)kelh₁-
  2. derived from σκελετός
  3. borrowed from sceleton
  4. suffixed as skeletal — “skeleton + al

Definitions

  1. Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s…

    Shorthand for skeletal diagram (a black-and-white drawing of a [usually extinct] animal’s skeleton to be used as a reference for paleoart)

  2. of, or relating to the skeleton

  3. haggard, cadaverous, emaciated or gaunt

  4. + 1 more definition
    1. barebones, lacking elaboration

      • On the whole, Sidney Morris has given us sketchy characters that need more fine tuning than this production […] could give it. Only Holmberg seemed to dig deeply within himself to create a complete character from Morris' skeletal outline.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at skeletal. 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 skeletal. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

9 hops · closes at skeletal

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

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