hauntingn.
/ˈhɔːntɪŋ//ˈhɑːntɪŋ/ The action of haunt v.† a. Practice, exercise.
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the world > action or operation > doing > practice, exercise, or doing > [noun]
workingOE
hauntinga1325
exercise1393
occupation1432
exercite1485
practicec1487
function1576
exercitation1579
extent1594
gestion1599
prosecution1605
carrying1711
a1325 Prose Psalter liv. [lv.] 2 Ich am made sori in my haunteyng [L. in exercitatione mea].
1489 W. Caxton tr. C. de Pisan Bk. Fayttes of Armes i. x. 27 The hauntyng and continuance therof be nedefull.
b. Customary resort; frequenting; visitation by fears, suspicions, imaginary beings, spirits, etc.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [noun]
sokenc1000
hauntc1330
hauntingc1400
resortc1425
resorting?a1439
recoursea1456
repairc1480
frequentinga1555
frequentation1585
frequentance1593
frequent1631
frequency1642
frequentage1814
the world > the supernatural > supernatural being > ghost or phantom > [noun] > appearance of or haunting
apparitionc1522
walking1606
haunting1674
spookery1893
spooking1961
the mind > emotion > fear > quality of inspiring fear > quality of being eerie > [noun] > visitation by imaginary beings or spirits
haunting1674
c1400 Rom. Rose 6084 Telle in what place is thyn hauntyng.
1558 T. Phaer tr. Virgil Seuen First Bks. Eneidos iv. sig. K.jv A byrd that nere the bankes of seas his haunting keepes.
1630 tr. G. Botero Relations Famous Kingdomes World (rev. ed.) 57 Avoid the haunting of brothell houses.
1674 A. Cremer tr. J. Scheffer Hist. Lapland 126 To escape the hauntings of Ghosts.
1809 S. T. Coleridge Three Graves in Friend 21 Sept. 94 She had a sore grief of her own, A Haunting in her brain.
1851 Ld. Tennyson Princess (ed. 4) ii. 49 I have..No ghostly hauntings like his Highness.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online September 2018).
hauntingadj.
That haunts, in various senses of the verb.
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society > inhabiting and dwelling > inhabiting temporarily > haunting or resorting > [adjective]
conversant1340
haunting1388
frequent1611
1388 Bible (Wycliffite, L.V.) Prov. Prol. The hauntende puple [L. frequens turba].
1483 Cath. Angl. 179/2 Hawntynge, exercens, exercitans.
a1616 W. Shakespeare Macbeth (1623) i. vi. 4 The Temple-haunting Barlet [read Marlet].
1836 J. Keble Serm. (1848) viii. Postscr. 412 Exempting them..from haunting doubts.
1887 Pall Mall Gaz. 10 Sept. 3/1 We seek in vain for haunting cadences or phrases of rare felicity.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1898; most recently modified version published online June 2019).
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