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son

noun
/sʌn/

Etymology

From Middle English sonn, sone, sun, sune, from Old English sunu (“son”), from Proto-West Germanic *sunu, from Proto-Germanic *sunuz (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *suHnús (“son”), from Proto-Indo-European *sewH- (“to bear; give birth”).

  1. derived from *sewH-✻ — “to bear; give birth”
  2. inherited from *suHnús✻ — “son”
  3. inherited from *sunuz✻ — “son”
  4. inherited from *sunu✻
  5. inherited from sunu
  6. inherited from sonn

Definitions

  1. One's male offspring.

    • Before the birth of the man's child, he said: "I want a son, not a daughter."
    • From what conſummate vertue I have choſe / This perfect Man, by merit call'd my Son,
    • “We are pleased that LSST has now been named the Vera C. Rubin Observatory,” said Rubin’s sons Allan Rubin, David Rubin, and Karl Rubin in a statement.

  2. A male adopted person in relation to his adoptive parents.

  3. A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more…

    A male person who has such a close relationship with an older or otherwise more authoritative person that he can be regarded as a son of the other person.

    • Eli called Samuel his son. Be plain, good son, and homely in thy drift.
  4. ›+ 13 more definitions

    1. A male person considered to have been significantly shaped by social conflict.

      • He was a son of the mafia system.

    2. A person regarded as the product of some place.

      • I hold it to be true, that the people are the sons of the soil; and we are only their instruments here.

    3. A familiar address to a male person from an older or otherwise more authoritative person.

      • Son, can't you see that she's just a little girl?
      • Shepard: Stay with me. We're almost through this. Admiral Anderson: You did good, son. You did good. I'm proud of you. Shepard: Thank you, sir. Anderson?

    4. An informal address to a friend or person of equal authority.

    5. The current version of a file, derived from the preceding father file.

      • Three generations of file are usually kept, being the grandfather, father and son files.
      • After the update, the new file master file is the son. The file from which the father was developed with the transaction files of the appropriate day is the grandfather. The grandfather and son files are stored in different locations.

    6. To produce (i.e. bear, father, beget) a son.

      • I sonned a father who would not be sonned, […]

    7. To address (someone) as "son".

      • “Don't 'son' me.” “I'm old enough to be your father,” he said with a dismissive wave of his hand.
      • “Son—now's not the time, please.” “It's the perfect time—it's the best time fucking time I ever had. There's not gonna be another time, so don't son me, you bastard. […]”

    8. Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that…

      Son cubano, a genre of music and dance blending Spanish and African elements that originated in Cuba during the late 19th century.

    9. One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus…

      One of the three persons of the Trinity, believed to have become incarnated as Jesus Christ.

    10. A surname.

    11. Initialism of supraoptic nucleus.

    12. Initialism of socked on the nose.

    13. Abbreviation of Sonora

      Abbreviation of Sonora: a state of Mexico.

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Derived

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Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at son. 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.

01son02relation03tone04gregorian05james06hebrew07abraham08hagar09mother10child

A definitional loop anchored at son. 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 son

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