thoroughness

noun
/ˈθʌɹənəs/UK/ˈθʌɹoʊnəs/US

Etymology

From thorough + -ness.

  1. inherited from þurh
  2. inherited from þuruh
  3. inherited from thoruȝ
  4. suffixed as thoroughness — “thorough + ness

Definitions

  1. The state of being thorough.

  2. Attention to detail.

    • Such jobs as weeding, for instance, could be done with a thoroughness impossible to human beings.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thoroughness. 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 thoroughness. 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 thoroughness

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