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fesnyng

Syllables: fes·nyng/ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/

fesnyng noun: a group of ferrets.

Noun

fesnyng (plural fesnyngs)

  1. (collective) A group of ferrets.
    • ... where I consoled myself with a fesnyng of pet ferrets I then kept1991, Noel Perrin, A Noel Perrin Sampler, Dartmouth College Press
    • Ferrets are fiercely solitary animals. They are no more likely to get together in a fesnyng that you or I are. […] 'Well, there was a fesnyng in your bathtub..."2012, Sue Ellery, Gallimaufry, →ISBN
    Synonyms:
    business

Synonyms of fesnyng

Forms of fesnyng

pluralfesnyngs

Origin of fesnyng

From business by a series of misprints and copying errors; hence, a ghost word. It has been mentioned written as *feamyng, too.

Questions about fesnyng

What does fesnyng mean?
Fesnyng means a group of ferrets.
What part of speech is fesnyng?
Fesnyng is a noun.
How do you pronounce fesnyng?
Fesnyng is pronounced /ˈfɛs.nɪŋ/.
What is the plural of fesnyng?
The plural of fesnyng is fesnyngs.

Words near fesnyng in the dictionary

  1. feshfesh
  2. Fesler
  3. Feslers
  4. Fesmire
  5. Fesmires
  6. fesnyng
  7. fesnyngs
  8. fesolate
  9. fesoterodin
  10. fesoterodine
  11. Fesperman

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