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languishings

languishings is the plural of languishing.

Meaning of languishing

Noun

languishing (plural languishings)

  1. The act of one who languishes.
    • Happy, Monimia, he to whom these sighs, / These tears, and all these languishings, are paid!1680, Thomas Otway, The Orphan

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Questions about languishings

What is languishings the plural of?
Languishings is the plural of languishing.

Words near languishings in the dictionary

  1. languishes
  2. languishest
  3. languisheth
  4. languishing
  5. languishingly
  6. languishings
  7. languishment
  8. languishments
  9. languishness
  10. languisht
  11. languist

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