Harking
noun, verb
noun, verb ·2 syllables ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 The act of harking back; a reversion or return.
"Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings."
- 2 Abbreviation of hypothesizing after results are known abbreviation, alt-of, uncountable
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of hark form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"Despite such harkings to the Old Muscovite past, the trappings of European life inevitably followed once the Russians began to live in European settings."