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Vinony

longing

noun

  1. emotion
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Pronunciation: /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/ / /ˈlɔːŋɪŋ/ / /lɑŋɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: 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).

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

    “all natural lovings and longings”

    “For round the valley a great desert lies through which no common traveller may come, but those whom the gods have chosen feel suddenly a great longing at heart, and crossing the mountains that divide the desert from the world, set out across it driven by the gods, […]”

  2. The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

verb

Etymology: 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).

  1. present participle and gerund of long