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orming

/ˈɔːmɪŋ/

orming adjective: talk and awkward.

Adjective

orming (comparative more orming, superlative most orming)

  1. Talk and awkward
    • Niver a baby had eyes, As sulking and ormin' as thine
      D.H. Lawrence (1903), Love Poems
    • Mrs. Goodall fairly hated the sound of correct English. She thee'd and tha'd her prospective daughter-in-law, and said, 'I'm none as orming as I look, seest ta.' Fanny did not think her prospective mother-in-law looked at all orming.
      England My England 261 (1922)

Forms of orming

comparativemore orming
superlativemost orming

Questions about orming

What does orming mean?
Orming means talk and awkward.
What part of speech is orming?
Orming is an adjective.
How do you pronounce orming?
Orming is pronounced /ˈɔːmɪŋ/.

Words near orming in the dictionary

  1. Ormesby St Margaret
  2. Ormesby St Margaret with Scratby
  3. ormesine
  4. ormesines
  5. ormetoprim
  6. orming
  7. Ormiston
  8. Ormistons
  9. ormizet
  10. Ormoc
  11. Ormoc Bay

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