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mayings

mayings is the plural of maying.

Meaning of maying

Noun

maying (countable and uncountable, plural mayings)

  1. (historical) The celebrations traditionally held to celebrate May Day.
    • SOo it befelle in the moneth of May / quene Gueneuer called vnto her knyȝtes of the table round / and she gafe them warnynge that erly vpon the morowe she wold ryde on mayeng in to woodes & feldes besyde westmynstre / & I warne yow that there be none of yow but that he be wel horsed / and that ye...1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XIX

Questions about mayings

What is mayings the plural of?
Mayings is the plural of maying.

Words near mayings in the dictionary

  1. Mayim
  2. Mayimi
  3. Mayimi River
  4. maying
  5. mayingite
  6. mayings
  7. Mayite
  8. Mayites
  9. Maykapal
  10. Maykapar
  11. Maykop

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