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vexing

verb

Etymology

From Middle English vexynge (“harassment”); equivalent to vex + -ing.

  1. inherited from vexynge — “harassment”

Definitions

  1. present participle and gerund of vex

  2. Causing annoyance or pain

    Causing annoyance or pain; irritating.

  3. vexation

    • Many unkindnesses as well as (one feels) many liberties and general vexings, were required to move her to this.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

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

5 hops · closes at vexing

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