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gaingivings

gaingivings is the plural of gaingiving.

Meaning of gaingiving

Noun

gaingiving (countable and uncountable, plural gaingivings)

  1. (archaic) A misgiving; an internal feeling or prognostication of evil.
    • It is but foolery, but it is such a kind of gaingiving as would perhaps trouble a woman.c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac...
  2. A giving against or away.

Questions about gaingivings

What is gaingivings the plural of?
Gaingivings is the plural of gaingiving.

Words near gaingivings in the dictionary

  1. gainfull
  2. gainfuller
  3. gainfully
  4. gainfulness
  5. gaingiving
  6. gaingivings
  7. gaini
  8. gaining
  9. gaining ground
  10. gaining momentum
  11. gaining on

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