thoughtlessness

noun
/ˈθɔːtləsnɪs/UK/ˈθɔtləsnɪs/US/ˈθɑtləsnɪs/

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *teng-der. Proto-Germanic *þankijaną Proto-Germanic *þanhtaz Proto-West Germanic *þą̄ht Old English þōht Middle English thought English thought Proto-Indo-European *lewh₁- Proto-Indo-European *lewHs-der. Proto-Germanic *leusaną Proto-Germanic *lausaz Proto-Germanic *-lausaz Proto-West Germanic *-laus Old English -lēas Middle English -les English -less English thoughtless Proto-Germanic *-in- Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti Proto-Germanic *-ōną Proto-Germanic *-inōną Proto-Indo-European *-dyé- Proto-Germanic *-atjaną Proto-Indo-European *-tus Proto-Germanic *-þuz Proto-Germanic *-assuz Proto-Germanic *-inassuz Proto-West Germanic *-nassī Old English -nes Middle English -nesse English -ness English thoughtlessness From thoughtless + -ness.

  1. derived from *teng-der

Definitions

  1. disregard for other's feelings

  2. heedless disregard for the consequences of one's actions

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at thoughtlessness. 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 thoughtlessness. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

7 hops · closes at thoughtlessness

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