southeastern

adj

Etymology

From Middle English *southesterne, from Old English sūþēasterne, equivalent to south + eastern.

  1. inherited from sūþēasterne
  2. inherited from *southesterne

Definitions

  1. Of or pertaining to the southeast.

    • The southeastern part of the country is the most affluent.
    • Much of the southern half of the southeastern body is a mafic syenite, slightly more felsic than the shonkinite.
    • It’s the stuff of nightmares for some, but it’s simply summer in southeastern Colorado, where thousands – yes, thousands – of male tarantulas are making the trek to find a mate.
  2. Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in…

    Of or relating to any of various particular regions named for the cardinal direction in which they lie.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at southeastern. 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 southeastern. 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 southeastern

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