questing
questing noun: the act of going in quest of something. Also the present participle and gerund of quest.
Noun
questing (plural questings)
- The act of going in quest of something.
- [A] puiſſant olyphant being brought to the place, the grehound ſeming to reioice at the greatnes of the beaſt, rouſed him, and after two or three queſtynges, he lept to the great Olyphante, and after a longe fight ouerthrew hym and kylled hym. So I doubt not but that ſome men […] whiche beeyng ones...1541, Thomas Elyote [i.e., Thomas Elyot], “The Preface. To All the Nobilitee of this Flourishyng Realme of England, Thomas Elyote Knight Desyreth Increase of Vertue and Honour.”, in [Aelius...
- By this move, Devereux gave new importance to fieldwork as a method of social enquiry. Psychoanalysis taught him that anxiety was not something to be avoided but is the driving force which propels our intellectual questings.2002, Ariane Deluz, Suzette Heald, Anthropology and Psychoanalysis: An Encounter Through Culture
Also used as
questing is also the present participle and gerund of quest.
Forms of questing
| plural | questings |
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Words formed from questing
Questions about questing
- What does questing mean?
- Questing means the act of going in quest of something.
- What part of speech is questing?
- Questing is a noun.
- What is the plural of questing?
- The plural of questing is questings.
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