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specialty

noun
/ˈspɛʃ.əl.ti/US/ˈspɛʃ.əl.ʈi/

Etymology

From Middle English specialte, Old French specialte, especialte, from Latin specialitas.

  1. derived from specialitas
  2. derived from specialte
  3. inherited from specialte

Definitions

  1. That in which one specializes

    That in which one specializes; a chosen expertise or talent; bailiwick.

    • Near-synonym: discipline
    • medical specialty
    • academic specialty

  2. A product that originates in and is characteristic of a place.

    • regional specialty
    • house specialty

  3. Particularity.

    • The specialty of rule hath been neglected: And, look, how many Grecian tents do stand Hollow upon this plain, so many hollow factions.
  4. ›+ 3 more definitions

    1. A particular or peculiar case.

    2. An attribute or quality peculiar to a species.

    3. A contract or obligation under seal

      A contract or obligation under seal; a contract by deed; a writing, under seal, given as security for a debt particularly specified.

      • Let specialties be therefore drawne betweene vs, That couenants may be kept on either hand.

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Derived

interspecialty, multispecialty, nonspecialty, specialty coffee, specialty crop, specialty shop, specialty store

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at specialty. 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 specialty. 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 specialty

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