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vehemence

noun
/ˈviːəmən(t)s/

Etymology

From Middle English vehemens, vemance, from Old French vëemence, vehemence, from Latin vehementia (“eagerness, strength”), from vehemens (“eager”).

  1. derived from vehementia — “eagerness, strength”
  2. derived from vëemence
  3. inherited from vehemens

Definitions

  1. An intense concentration, force or power.

    • The bear attacked with vengeance and vehemence.

  2. A wild or turbulent ferocity or fury.

    • His response was bursting with hatred and vehemence.
    • This worrisome tendency was on display in recent weeks as Israelis reacted with striking vehemence to remarks by UN secretary general, Ban Ki-moon, and US ambassador to Israel, Daniel Shapiro.

  3. Eagerness, fervor, excessive strong feeling.

    • I could not wonder at the vehemence of her care, her very soul was tenderness […]

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

8 hops · closes at vehemence

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