stature

noun
/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ə/UK/ˈstæt͡ʃ.ɚ/CA

Etymology

From Middle English stature, from Old French stature, from Latin statūra.

  1. inherited from stature

Definitions

  1. A person or animal's natural height when standing upright.

  2. Respect (social standing) coming from achievement or development.

  3. Statue.

    • The golden ſtature of their feathered bird That ſpreads her wings vpon the city wals, Shall not defend it from our battering ſhot.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at stature. 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 stature. 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 stature

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