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weeping

noun

  1. act or process of crying
L330387 on Wikidata ↗

adjective

No English definition recorded for this entry.

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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈwiːpɪŋ/

noun

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English wepynge English weeping Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

  1. Action of the verb to weep.

    Their constant weepings kept us awake.

    For a man raised since birth to be strong, resolute, spare with words, and never to bow to the weepings and handwringings of the weaker sex, he had poured out his heart in that letter.

verb

Etymology: Etymology tree Middle English wepynge English weeping Inherited from Middle English wepynge.

  1. present participle and gerund of weep