Weening
noun, verb
noun, verb ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Noun
- 1 Presumption, imagination, supposition. countable, uncountable
"[…] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]"
Verb
- 1 present participle and gerund of ween form-of, gerund, participle, present
Example
More examples"[…] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]"
Etymology
From Middle English wening (“supposition, opinion, presumption, doubt”), from Old English wēning (“supposition, doubt, doubtful thought”), equivalent to ween + -ing.
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