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Micawbering

Micawbering is the present participle and gerund of Micawber.

Meaning of Micawber

Verb

Micawber (third-person singular simple present Micawbers, present participle Micawbering, simple past and past participle Micawbered)

  1. To be optimistic that "something will turn up", in the style of Wilkins Micawber.
    • To hope that the Administration and Congress will become Anti-National Bank, and thereby expect something, is Micawbering in dread earnest.1865, “Suggestions to Bank Officers”, in Proceedings of the National Bank Convention, Held in New York City, Wednesday, October 19, 1864, Journal Book and Job Office, page 45

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Questions about Micawbering

What is Micawbering the present participle and gerund of?
Micawbering is the present participle and gerund of Micawber.

Words near Micawbering in the dictionary

  1. Micawber principle
  2. Micawber principles
  3. Micawber threshold
  4. Micawbered
  5. Micawberesque
  6. Micawbering
  7. Micawberish
  8. Micawberism
  9. Micawberly
  10. micawbers
  11. Micciche

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Micawbering (page history and authors); Micawber (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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