valuable

adj
/ˈvælju(ə)bl̩/

Etymology

From value + -able.

  1. derived from *h₂welh₁-
  2. derived from *walēō
  3. derived from valeō
  4. derived from value
  5. inherited from valew
  6. suffixed as valuable — “value + able

Definitions

  1. Having a great value.

    • valuable gemstones
  2. Estimable

    Estimable; deserving esteem.

    • a valuable friend; a valuable companion
    • Truly valuable things have no price and cannot be bought.
  3. A personal possession such as jewellery, of relatively great monetary value.

    • One particular valuable is a gemstone mosaic.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at valuable. 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.

01valuable02personal03subjects04subject05lying06lies07wonderful08admirable09estimable

A definitional loop anchored at valuable. 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 valuable

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