"ouroboric" meaning in All languages combined

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Adjective [English]

IPA: /ɔɹəˈbɔɹɪk/ [US] Audio: En-us-ouroboric.ogg [US] Forms: more ouroboric [comparative], most ouroboric [superlative]
enPR: ôr-ə-bôr'-ĭk Etymology: * ouroboros + -ic Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|ouroboros|-ic}} ouroboros + -ic Head templates: {{en-adj}} ouroboric (comparative more ouroboric, superlative most ouroboric)
  1. Self-referring, self-reflexive, self-consuming; recursive Translations (self-referring, self-reflexive, self-consuming; recursive): rekursiivinen (Finnish), kehämäinen (Finnish), рекурсивный (rekursivnyj) (Russian), recursivo (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ouroboric-en-adj-XN7eqk67 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'self-referring, self-reflexive, self-consuming; recursive': 98 2
  2. Relating to the Ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail. Translations (relating to Ouroboros): уроборический (uroboričeskij) (Russian), urobórico (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-ouroboric-en-adj-6PcZMH5G Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 47 53 Disambiguation of 'relating to Ouroboros': 4 96
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: uroboric Related terms: ouroboros, uroborus

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