Golding
//ˈɡoʊldɪŋ// name, noun, verb
name, noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 A gold coin. obsolete
- 2 A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.
- 3 A kind of apple; a goldling. obsolete
- 4 The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum). Midlands, North, UK, dialectal
- 5 The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of gold form-of, gerund, participle, present
Proper Noun
- 1 A surname.
"Writing at Hello Beautiful, Shenequa Golding says she’s most upset at African Americans who stereotype her based on a choice her mother made."
Example
More examples"Writing at Hello Beautiful, Shenequa Golding says she’s most upset at African Americans who stereotype her based on a choice her mother made."
Etymology
Etymology 1
First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.
Etymology 2
First attested in 1798; from the surname (Golding) of the man who developed the sub-variety (in 1790).
Etymology 3
From gold (“pyrolyse food to a golden brown”) + -ing.
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