Definitions
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- adjective Self-referring, self-reflexive, self-consuming; recursive
- adjective Relating to the Ouroboros, a snake eating its own tail.
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Examples
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And the best songs - tracks like "Translucent Potency," "Sharpen the Blades," and "The Unbinding Truth," with its ouroboric guitars and sci-fi soundscapes - will get stuck in your head, no doubt.
MetalSucks 2009
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Kekulé stated that the structure came to him during a daytime reverie about the ouroboric symbol of a snake biting its own tail.
3quarksdaily 2008
mollusque commented on the word ouroboric
Kekul� stated that the structure of benzene came to him during a daytime reverie about the ouboric symbol of a snake biting its own tail.
--Roald Hoffmann, 2008, "Why think up new molecules?", American Scientist 96: 372
August 31, 2008
oroboros commented on the word ouroboric
So, is the word nonouroboric, ouroboric?
July 3, 2015