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upsittings

upsittings is the plural of upsitting.

Meaning of upsitting

Noun

upsitting (countable and uncountable, plural upsittings)

  1. (obsolete) The first occasion in which a woman sits up to receive company after giving birth.
    • In the firſt place, I muſt heartily congratulate thy happy condition, and muſt rejoyce at thy upſitting, whom God hath raiſed from the bed of deſpaire:1647, Thomas Fuller, The Cause and Cure of a Wounded Conscience, page 140

Questions about upsittings

What is upsittings the plural of?
Upsittings is the plural of upsitting.

Words near upsittings in the dictionary

  1. upsilon particle
  2. upsilon particles
  3. upsilons
  4. UPSing
  5. upsitting
  6. upsittings
  7. upsizable
  8. upsize
  9. upsized
  10. upsizer
  11. upsizers

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