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perishings

perishings is the plural of perishing.

Meaning of perishing

Noun

perishing (plural perishings)

  1. The act of something that perishes; decay or destruction.
    • Since the world of becoming, of origins and perishings, is deficient in true Being, it cannot be known in the best sense.1971, William Barrett, Henry David Aiken, Pragmatism and America's philosophical coming of age, page 323

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Questions about perishings

What is perishings the plural of?
Perishings is the plural of perishing.

Words near perishings in the dictionary

  1. perishes
  2. perishest
  3. perisheth
  4. perishing
  5. perishingly
  6. perishings
  7. perishless
  8. perishment
  9. perishments
  10. perisht
  11. perisilvian

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