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blessing

noun
/ˈblɛs.ɪŋ/

Etymology

From Middle English blessinge, blessynge, from Old English blētsung, blēdsung (“a blessing”), equivalent to bless + -ing.

  1. inherited from blētsung
  2. inherited from blessinge

Definitions

  1. Some kind of divine or supernatural aid, or reward.

    • Henceforth, wherever thou may’st roam, ⁠My blessing, like a line of light, ⁠Is on the waters day and night, And like a beacon guards thee home.

  2. A pronouncement invoking divine aid.

  3. Good fortune.

    • He was given blessings hoping he would pass his final exam.
  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A modern pagan ceremony.

    2. The act of declaring or bestowing favor

      The act of declaring or bestowing favor; approval.

      • We will not proceed without the executive director's blessing.
      • Jocasta had my blessing when she seduced you, you stuck-up piffler.

    3. Something someone is glad of.

      • After two weeks of sun, last night's rainfall was a blessing.

    4. A prayer before a meal

      A prayer before a meal; grace.

    5. A group of unicorns.

      • And since we’re laying out our wishes, we’d also like a blessing of unicorns and one million dollars.
      • Then a blessing of unicorns charged into the studio, and I was carried away to be re-educated.
      • She just wants to talk to her friends on www.unicornwillsaveus.com or write in her journal or flump on her bedroom floor with her blessing of unicorns: her posters, figurines, stickers, temporary tattoos of anatomically correct unicorns.

    6. present participle and gerund of bless

    7. A surname.

    8. A unisex given name of mainly African usage.

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Derived

a blessing and a curse, blessing in disguise, blessing loom, blessingly, Blessing Way, blurse, Camp Blessing, count one's blessings, God's Blessing Green, houseblessing, mixed blessing, stepmother's blessing, Toronto blessing

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at blessing. 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.

01blessing02invoking03invoke04attitude05unpleasant06pleasant07buffoon08silly09blessed

A definitional loop anchored at blessing. 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 blessing

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