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ur-poem

noun

Etymology

From ur- (“primordial”) + poem.

  1. derived from ποίημα
  2. derived from poēma
  3. derived from poème
  4. prefixed as ur-poem — “ur + poem”

Definitions

  1. A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry

    A poem that is believed to be a precursor or prototype to a more modern class of poetry; usually a hypothetical 'mother poem' of a genre.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for ur-poem. 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