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Longing

//ˈlɔːŋɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

    "all natural lovings and longings"

  2. 2
    prolonged unfulfilled desire or need wordnet
  3. 3
    The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.
Verb
  1. 1
    present participle and gerund of long form-of, gerund, participle, present

Etymology

Etymology 1

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).

Etymology 2

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).

Etymology 3

From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (gerund ending).

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