wooden · Contextualize

Etymology

PIE word *dwóh₁ From wood + -en. Dates from 1530s, gradually replaced treen (“made from a tree”), from Middle English treen, from Old English triewen.

derived from *h₁weydʰh₁-✻
inherited from *widuz✻
inherited from *widu✻
inherited from wudu
inherited from wode
suffixed as wooden — “wood + -en”

Definitions

1
Made of wood.
- a wooden boat
- On a recent windy day, hundreds of visitors climbed wooden stairs to take pictures in front of the glacier.
2
As if made of wood
As if made of wood; moving awkwardly, or speaking with dull lack of emotion.
- wooden acting
A surname.

The neighborhood

Derived

don't take any wooden nickels, wooden anniversary, Woodenbridge, wooden coat, woodener, woodenest, wooden fish, woodenheaded, wooden-headed, wooden horse, wooden kimono, wooden language, wooden leg, wooden-legged, woodenly, wooden mare, woodenness, wooden nickel, wooden nutmeg, wooden overcoat, wooden spoon, wooden spooner, wooden spoonist, wooden surtout, woodentop, wooden-top, wooden wedge

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at wooden. 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.

A definitional loop anchored at wooden. 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 wooden

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