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stagnant

adj
/ˈstæɡnənt/

Etymology

From French stagnant, from Latin stagnans, present participle of stagno (“to form a pool of standing water”).

  1. derived from stagnans
  2. borrowed from stagnant

Definitions

  1. Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy

    Lacking flow or motion, and thus usually not fresh or healthy; decaying through stillness.

    • a stagnant pool    stagnant water

  2. Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner

    Without activity, change or progress, or excitement in an unhealthy manner; inactive, stale.

    • a stagnant economy    stagnant prices
    • Their love had turned stagnant.

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Derived

stagnancy, stagnant hypoxia, stagnant ice, stagnant loop syndrome, stagnantly, stagnation

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stagnant. 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 stagnant. 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 stagnant

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

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