Siina :genchu: on Nostr: I remember growing up with the knowledge that no definition should reference the word ...

I remember growing up with the knowledge that no definition should reference the word its defining.

And yet, US dictionaries be like:

"akimbo, adverb, 2: Into, in, or the position where the arms are akimbo"

thanks a fucking lot, that makes it much clearer. 10/10 dictionary.