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universal sorter

noun

Etymology

Compound of universal + sorter; first used in print in or around 1981 by Hendrik Bunt (see quote below) modeled on universal grinder.

  1. derived from sortem
  2. derived from sorte
  3. inherited from sort
  4. suffixed as sorter — “sort + er”
  5. compounded as universal sorter — “universal + sorter”

Definitions

  1. A mechanism whereby uncountable nouns are made countable and abstract.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for universal sorter. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA