weening

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11
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14
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7

Definition of weening

2 senses · 2 parts of speech · etymology included

noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Presumption, imagination, supposition.
    “[…] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]”
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noun

  1. (countable, uncountable)Presumption, imagination, supposition.
    “[…] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]”

verb

  1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present)present participle and gerund of ween

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Etymology

From Middle English wening (“supposition, opinion, presumption, doubt”), from Old English wēning (“supposition, doubt, doubtful thought”), equivalent to ween + -ing.

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