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thankful

adj
/ˈθæŋkfəl/

Etymology

From Middle English thankful, from Old English þancful, þancfull (“thoughtful, pleasing, agreeable, pleasant, thankful, grateful”), equivalent to thank + -ful. Compare Old High German undankfol (“unthankful, ungrateful”).

  1. inherited from þancful
  2. inherited from thankful

Definitions

  1. Showing appreciation or gratitude.

    • I'm thankful that you helped me out today. How can I ever repay you?

  2. Obtaining or deserving thanks

    Obtaining or deserving thanks; thankworthy.

  3. A female given name.

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Derived

be thankful for small mercies, thankfully, thankfulness

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thankful. 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.

01thankful02thanks03graciousness04gracious05tactful06tact07appreciating08appreciative09gratitude10grateful

A definitional loop anchored at thankful. 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 thankful

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