longingn.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋɪŋ/,

/ˈlɑŋɪŋ/

Forms: see long v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English longeyng, Middle English longgyng.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.¹, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < long v.¹ + -ing suffix¹.

†1. Lengthening of duration, prolonging; delay. Obsolete.Only in Old English.

ΘΚΠ

the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun]

longingeOE

bideOE

abodec1225

bodea1300

demura1300

dwella1300

litinga1300

delayc1300

delayingc1300

demurrancec1300

but honec1325

without ensoignec1325

abidec1330

dretchingc1330

dwellingc1330

essoinc1330

tarrying1340

litea1350

delaymenta1393

respitea1393

oversettinga1398

delayancea1400

delitea1400

lingeringa1400

stounding?a1400

sunyiea1400

targea1400

train?a1400

deferring14..

dilation14..

dayc1405

prolongingc1425

spacec1430

adjourningc1436

retardationc1437

prolongation?a1439

training1440

adjournment1445

sleuthingc1450

tarry1451

tarriance1460

prorogation1476

oversetc1485

tarriage1488

debaid1489

supersedement1492

superseding1494

off-putting1496

postponing1496

tract1503

dilating1509

sparinga1513

hafting1519

sufferance1523

tracking1524

sticking1525

stay1530

pause1532

protraction1535

tracting1535

protract of time1536

protracting1540

postposition1546

staying1546

procrastination1548

difference1559

surceasing1560

tardation1568

detract1570

detracting1572

tarryment1575

rejourning1578

detraction1579

longness1579

rejournment1579

holding1581

reprieving1583

cunctation1585

retarding1585

retardance1586

temporizing1587

by and by1591

suspensea1592

procrastinatinga1594

tardance1595

linger1597

forslacking1600

morrowing1602

recess1603

deferment1612

attendance1614

put-off1623

adjournal1627

fristing1637

hanging-up1638

retardment1640

dilatoriness1642

suspension1645

stickagea1647

tardidation1647

transtemporation1651

demurragea1656

prolatation1656

prolation1656

moration1658

perendination1658

offput1730

retardure1751

postponement1757

retard1781

traverse1799

tarrowing1832

mañana1845

temporization1888

procrastinativeness1893

deferral1895

traa dy liooar1897

stalling1927

heel-tapping1949

off-put1970

eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) v. 41 Ðæt hi beoð on ælengum ðingum & ælcre longunge geðyldige.

OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark xii. 40 Qui deuorant domos uiduarum sub obtentu prolixae orationis hi accipient prolixius iudicium : ða ðe offreattas huso widwuana under sceawung longunga uel longes gebeddes ðas onfoað uneðlic uel lengra dom.

a. The condition or fact of feeling strong desire; yearning. Formerly also: †sorrow, distress, anxiety (obsolete). Frequently with for (also after, †to) or followed by to-infinitive.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]

ondeeOE

yearningeOE

longingOE

forlonginga1250

mourningc1300

yering13..

eye-seke?c1500

panting1580

greening1584

smackeringa1586

brame1590

languora1599

earning1603

lingering1608

yawning1635

tantalizing1640

slavering1642

longingness1651

tantalization1654

twittering1668

hankering1678

honing1725

lech1796

yearna1797

languishment1817

yearningness1839

hanker1881

tantalizingness1889

yen1906

OE Seafarer 47 A hafað longunge se þe on lagu fundað.

OE Blickling Homilies 131 Ne mæg þæt na beon þæt þa bearn þe unbliþran ne syn, & langunga nabban æfter þæm freondum.

a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 27 Þe godfrihte..habbeð longinge to heuene.

c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 869 (MED) Ne singe ih hom no foliot, For al me song is of longinge..Þat mon bi me hine biþenche Þat he groni for his unwrenche.

a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 34 Wiþ longyng y am lad, on molde y waxe mad, a maide marreþ me.

a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1009 Youre oghne liege men..That live in longinge and desir Til ye be come ayein to Tyr.

a1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 40 (MED) Sche bad me loue my lemman with-oute longgyng.

c1500 Melusine (1895) 119 I haue grete langyng to approche nygh the paynemys.

1598 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) f. 19 As if they were euer children and beginners, they are still in longing for things to come.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxix. 20 My soule breaketh for the longing: that it hath vnto thy iudgements at all times.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 511 Fierce desire,..Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines.

1713 J. Addison Cato v. i Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality?

1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1962) II. 145 The longing for home which the Physicians have gone so far as to esteem a disease under the name of Nostalgia.

1811 C. Lamb Theatralia in Reflector 2 308 The painful anxiety about the act, the natural longing to prevent it while it yet seems unperpetrated.

1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 43 The return was still looked for with longing.

1928 H. H. Symonds & C. H. C. Osborne Lane's Talks to Parents & Teachers 28 The old longing to see what the fire really was..returned to him.

1986 H. Jacobson Redback x. 98 They were having a furious argument, full of suppressed longing and rage.

2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) ii. 37 The letters arrived, two a month, cheery, upbeat, full of longing for treacle tart.

b. As a count noun: an instance of this. Frequently in plural.

ΚΠ

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1180 (MED) A longeyng heuy me strok in swone, And rewfully þenne I con to reme.

c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 140^v A fell arow..of loue..Made hym langwys in Loue & Longynges grete.

a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 276 Giue me my Robe, put on my Crowne, I haue Immortall longings in me.

1698 G. Stanhope tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Pattern iii. xxiii. 177 To indulge those Longings and Pleasures, which refined and unbodied Spirits feel.

1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 278 Our native country, for which many of us by this time began to have great longings.

1758 E. Kimber Life Capt. Neville Frowde ii. 59 A Longing to view distant Climes so predominantly reigned in my Thoughts.

1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 160 Sometimes..when a guide was in front of me, I have felt an extreme longing to have a second one behind me.

1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 436 They will have a fierce secret longing after gold and silver.

1905 The Word Mar. 259 The body and its passionate longings, and nothing else besides, cause wars, factions and quarrels.

1960 R. D. Laing Divided Self (1965) v. 91 A desperate longing and yearning for what others have and he lacks.

2011 J. S. Carroll Landscape in Children's Lit. i. 23 Mole expresses a deep longing to return to his own home.

3. Strong desire or craving for something, esp. a particular or unusual food, occurring in a pregnant woman; an instance of this.

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires > fanciful cravings of pregnant women

longing1528

1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xxxiv What with his awne lustes, which are as y^e longinge of a woman with childe.

1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 157 The longings and imaginations of women with childe.

1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 230 I haue a womans longing, An appetite that I am sick with-all.

1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 197 There is nothing that we know of in a fright or longing, that can produce such a change in organized matter.

1812 Sporting Mag. 39 7 He had..a pregnant wife, to satisfy whose longings, and to prevent any deformity of the child, he had ventured to trespass by shooting a hare.

1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 216 Apples were far away at the head, occurring in 34 cases out of the 99 who had longings.

1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) v. 71 Longings for certain sour or tart articles of food may be due to nausea rather than to nervous instability.

2003 H. Tucker Pregnant Fictions v. 105 By name and by body, Persinette bears traces of her mother's longings during pregnancy.

Compounds

† longing mark n. Obsolete a birthmark. [So called on account of the popular supposition that birthmarks were the impressed image of some object longed for by the mother. Compare French envie (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense), specific use of envie envy n. (compare envy n. 5).]

ΘΚΠ

the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > birth-mark

birthmark1579

longing mark1644

native note1658

signature1659

naevus1684

mother spot1690

naevus maternus1726

mother's mark1797

mother mark1822

strawberry-mark1847

birth stain1850

port wine mark1853

spider cancer1898

spider-naevus1898

spider1942

spider angioma1956

1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 335 The longing markes which are often times seene in children, and do remaine with them all their life.

1756 J. Elphinston Anal. French & Eng. Langs. II. (Idiomaire) 105 Une envie, a longing [-mark].

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

† longingn.²

Forms: see long v.³ and -ing suffix¹.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.³, -ing suffix¹.

Etymology: < long v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare belonging n.

Obsolete.

Something which belongs or relates to something; a belonging, an appurtenance.In quot. c1475 perhaps an error for louggynges, plural of a variant of lodging n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > appurtenance(s)

appurtenance1377

propertyc1390

depending1436

longingc1449

appurtenant1483

appertaininga1597

assign1604

appertainmenta1616

concerns1818

pertaining1869

c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 15 And so forth of manie purtenauncis and longingis to matrimonye.

c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 196 They dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys.

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longingadj.¹

Brit.

/ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, U.S.

/ˈlɔŋɪŋ/,

/ˈlɑŋɪŋ/

Forms: see long v.¹ and -ing suffix².

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.¹, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < long v.¹ + -ing suffix².

†1. That grows longer in duration. Obsolete. rare.Only in Old English.

ΚΠ

OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Eft on langiendum dagum he [sc. the moon] ofergæð ðone suðran sunstede.

2. That longs for something or someone; characterized by strong desire or yearning.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective]

oflongedOE

alonged?a1300

longinga1425

with child1548

yearning1596

wishfula1616

greening1637

tantalized1660

with twins1768

a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 26 Smyte apon þat þicke cloude of vnknowying wiþ a scharp darte of longing loue.

a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 1 Thei mighten..syghe and snobbe after the loue of Iesu with longyng desire.

1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biii^v A grete comforte then it is vnto the soule y^t hath so longynge desyre vnto the body to here y^t the body shal ryse agayne.

1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 219 Gif..we..leif this art of langing lust.

1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cvii. 9. For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness.

1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 743 That Fruit, which with desire,..Sollicited her longing eye.

1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 Of Love defrauded in their longing Hour.

1751 T. Gray Elegy 9 Nor cast one longing ling'ring Look behind!

1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. iii. 122 All the ragged sons of Greece May to their longing wives get soon, And take a second honey-moon.

1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 87 Wolsey had longing visions of the great work that might be effected if he could become pope.

1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 47 He felt a longing desire to see them.

1922 N. Buckley Wings of Youth 34 Nor life nor death can keep away My longing heart from you.

2011 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 Nov. 27 The great possibilities of China..have long excited the longing eyes and feasted the eager imaginations of European merchants.

Derivatives

ˈlongingness n.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun]

ondeeOE

yearningeOE

longingOE

forlonginga1250

mourningc1300

yering13..

eye-seke?c1500

panting1580

greening1584

smackeringa1586

brame1590

languora1599

earning1603

lingering1608

yawning1635

tantalizing1640

slavering1642

longingness1651

tantalization1654

twittering1668

hankering1678

honing1725

lech1796

yearna1797

languishment1817

yearningness1839

hanker1881

tantalizingness1889

yen1906

1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. vi. lxxi And now his Eyes even ake with longingness.

1858 Millennial Harbinger Feb. 114 With some memories we linger there..with a fond longingness.

1918 W. de la Mare Motley 13 Nor earth, nor air..could lull poor mortal longingness asleep.

1995 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 13 Aug. g1 There's great longingness in goodbyes.

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† longingadj.²

Forms: Middle English longande.

Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.³, -ing suffix².

Etymology: < long v.³ + -ing suffix². Compare belonging adj.

Obsolete.

That belongs to or forms a part of something.

ΘΚΠ

the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > belonging

longingc1400

appropriate1605

pertaining1868

c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 462 So is vcha krysten sawle, A longande lym to þe mayster of myste.

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n.¹eOE

n.²c1449

adj.¹OE

adj.²c1400

单词	longing
释义	longingn.¹ Brit. /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋɪŋ/, /ˈlɑŋɪŋ/ Forms: see long v.¹ and -ing suffix¹; also Middle English longeyng, Middle English longgyng. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.¹, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < long v.¹ + -ing suffix¹. †1. Lengthening of duration, prolonging; delay. Obsolete.Only in Old English. ΘΚΠ the world > time > a suitable time or opportunity > untimeliness > delay or postponement > [noun] longingeOE bideOE abodec1225 bodea1300 demura1300 dwella1300 litinga1300 delayc1300 delayingc1300 demurrancec1300 but honec1325 without ensoignec1325 abidec1330 dretchingc1330 dwellingc1330 essoinc1330 tarrying1340 litea1350 delaymenta1393 respitea1393 oversettinga1398 delayancea1400 delitea1400 lingeringa1400 stounding?a1400 sunyiea1400 targea1400 train?a1400 deferring14.. dilation14.. dayc1405 prolongingc1425 spacec1430 adjourningc1436 retardationc1437 prolongation?a1439 training1440 adjournment1445 sleuthingc1450 tarry1451 tarriance1460 prorogation1476 oversetc1485 tarriage1488 debaid1489 supersedement1492 superseding1494 off-putting1496 postponing1496 tract1503 dilating1509 sparinga1513 hafting1519 sufferance1523 tracking1524 sticking1525 stay1530 pause1532 protraction1535 tracting1535 protract of time1536 protracting1540 postposition1546 staying1546 procrastination1548 difference1559 surceasing1560 tardation1568 detract1570 detracting1572 tarryment1575 rejourning1578 detraction1579 longness1579 rejournment1579 holding1581 reprieving1583 cunctation1585 retarding1585 retardance1586 temporizing1587 by and by1591 suspensea1592 procrastinatinga1594 tardance1595 linger1597 forslacking1600 morrowing1602 recess1603 deferment1612 attendance1614 put-off1623 adjournal1627 fristing1637 hanging-up1638 retardment1640 dilatoriness1642 suspension1645 stickagea1647 tardidation1647 transtemporation1651 demurragea1656 prolatation1656 prolation1656 moration1658 perendination1658 offput1730 retardure1751 postponement1757 retard1781 traverse1799 tarrowing1832 mañana1845 temporization1888 procrastinativeness1893 deferral1895 traa dy liooar1897 stalling1927 heel-tapping1949 off-put1970 eOE King Ælfred tr. Gregory Pastoral Care (Hatton) (1871) v. 41 Ðæt hi beoð on ælengum ðingum & ælcre longunge geðyldige. OE (Northumbrian) Lindisf. Gospels: Mark xii. 40 Qui deuorant domos uiduarum sub obtentu prolixae orationis hi accipient prolixius iudicium : ða ðe offreattas huso widwuana under sceawung longunga uel longes gebeddes ðas onfoað uneðlic uel lengra dom. 2. a. The condition or fact of feeling strong desire; yearning. Formerly also: †sorrow, distress, anxiety (obsolete). Frequently with for (also after, †to) or followed by to-infinitive. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] ondeeOE yearningeOE longingOE forlonginga1250 mourningc1300 yering13.. eye-seke?c1500 panting1580 greening1584 smackeringa1586 brame1590 languora1599 earning1603 lingering1608 yawning1635 tantalizing1640 slavering1642 longingness1651 tantalization1654 twittering1668 hankering1678 honing1725 lech1796 yearna1797 languishment1817 yearningness1839 hanker1881 tantalizingness1889 yen1906 OE Seafarer 47 A hafað longunge se þe on lagu fundað. OE Blickling Homilies 131 Ne mæg þæt na beon þæt þa bearn þe unbliþran ne syn, & langunga nabban æfter þæm freondum. a1200 MS Trin. Cambr. in R. Morris Old Eng. Homilies (1873) 2nd Ser. 27 Þe godfrihte..habbeð longinge to heuene. c1275 (?c1250) Owl & Nightingale (Calig.) (1935) l. 869 (MED) Ne singe ih hom no foliot, For al me song is of longinge..Þat mon bi me hine biþenche Þat he groni for his unwrenche. a1350 in G. L. Brook Harley Lyrics (1968) 34 Wiþ longyng y am lad, on molde y waxe mad, a maide marreþ me. a1393 J. Gower Confessio Amantis (Fairf.) viii. l. 1009 Youre oghne liege men..That live in longinge and desir Til ye be come ayein to Tyr. a1450 in R. H. Robbins Secular Lyrics 14th & 15th Cent. (1952) 40 (MED) Sche bad me loue my lemman with-oute longgyng. c1500 Melusine (1895) 119 I haue grete langyng to approche nygh the paynemys. 1598 F. Bacon Ess. (new ed.) f. 19 As if they were euer children and beginners, they are still in longing for things to come. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cxix. 20 My soule breaketh for the longing: that it hath vnto thy iudgements at all times. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost iv. 511 Fierce desire,..Still unfulfill'd with pain of longing pines. View more context for this quotation 1713 J. Addison Cato v. i Whence this pleasing hope, this fond desire, This longing after immortality? 1770 J. Banks Jrnl. 3 Sept. (1962) II. 145 The longing for home which the Physicians have gone so far as to esteem a disease under the name of Nostalgia. 1811 C. Lamb Theatralia in Reflector 2 308 The painful anxiety about the act, the natural longing to prevent it while it yet seems unperpetrated. 1866 ‘G. Eliot’ Felix Holt I. i. 43 The return was still looked for with longing. 1928 H. H. Symonds & C. H. C. Osborne Lane's Talks to Parents & Teachers 28 The old longing to see what the fire really was..returned to him. 1986 H. Jacobson Redback x. 98 They were having a furious argument, full of suppressed longing and rage. 2009 E. Wyld After Fire, Still Small Voice (2010) ii. 37 The letters arrived, two a month, cheery, upbeat, full of longing for treacle tart. b. As a count noun: an instance of this. Frequently in plural. ΚΠ c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 1180 (MED) A longeyng heuy me strok in swone, And rewfully þenne I con to reme. c1540 (?a1400) Gest Historiale Destr. Troy (2002) f. 140^v A fell arow..of loue..Made hym langwys in Loue & Longynges grete. a1616 W. Shakespeare Antony & Cleopatra (1623) v. ii. 276 Giue me my Robe, put on my Crowne, I haue Immortall longings in me. View more context for this quotation 1698 G. Stanhope tr. Thomas à Kempis Christian's Pattern iii. xxiii. 177 To indulge those Longings and Pleasures, which refined and unbodied Spirits feel. 1748 B. Robins & R. Walter Voy. round World by Anson ii. xiii. 278 Our native country, for which many of us by this time began to have great longings. 1758 E. Kimber Life Capt. Neville Frowde ii. 59 A Longing to view distant Climes so predominantly reigned in my Thoughts. 1860 J. Tyndall Glaciers of Alps i. xxii. 160 Sometimes..when a guide was in front of me, I have felt an extreme longing to have a second one behind me. 1875 B. Jowett tr. Plato Dialogues (ed. 2) III. 436 They will have a fierce secret longing after gold and silver. 1905 The Word Mar. 259 The body and its passionate longings, and nothing else besides, cause wars, factions and quarrels. 1960 R. D. Laing Divided Self (1965) v. 91 A desperate longing and yearning for what others have and he lacks. 2011 J. S. Carroll Landscape in Children's Lit. i. 23 Mole expresses a deep longing to return to his own home. 3. Strong desire or craving for something, esp. a particular or unusual food, occurring in a pregnant woman; an instance of this. ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > mental health > mental illness > degree or type of mental illness > [noun] > irrational loves and desires > fanciful cravings of pregnant women longing1528 1528 W. Tyndale Obed. Christen Man f. xxxiv What with his awne lustes, which are as y^e longinge of a woman with childe. 1594 T. Bowes tr. P. de la Primaudaye French Acad. II. 157 The longings and imaginations of women with childe. 1609 W. Shakespeare Troilus & Cressida iii. iii. 230 I haue a womans longing, An appetite that I am sick with-all. View more context for this quotation 1784 M. Underwood Treat. Dis. Children 197 There is nothing that we know of in a fright or longing, that can produce such a change in organized matter. 1812 Sporting Mag. 39 7 He had..a pregnant wife, to satisfy whose longings, and to prevent any deformity of the child, he had ventured to trespass by shooting a hare. 1906 H. Ellis Stud. Psychol. Sex V. 216 Apples were far away at the head, occurring in 34 cases out of the 99 who had longings. 1985 M. F. Myles Textbk. Midwives (ed. 10) v. 71 Longings for certain sour or tart articles of food may be due to nausea rather than to nervous instability. 2003 H. Tucker Pregnant Fictions v. 105 By name and by body, Persinette bears traces of her mother's longings during pregnancy. Compounds † longing mark n. Obsolete a birthmark. [So called on account of the popular supposition that birthmarks were the impressed image of some object longed for by the mother. Compare French envie (1611 in Cotgrave in this sense), specific use of envie envy n. (compare envy n. 5).] ΘΚΠ the world > health and disease > ill health > blemish > [noun] > spot or mark > birth-mark birthmark1579 longing mark1644 native note1658 signature1659 naevus1684 mother spot1690 naevus maternus1726 mother's mark1797 mother mark1822 strawberry-mark1847 birth stain1850 port wine mark1853 spider cancer1898 spider-naevus1898 spider1942 spider angioma1956 1644 K. Digby Two Treat. i. xxxviii. 335 The longing markes which are often times seene in children, and do remaine with them all their life. 1756 J. Elphinston Anal. French & Eng. Langs. II. (Idiomaire) 105 Une envie, a longing [-mark]. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † longingn.² Forms: see long v.³ and -ing suffix¹. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.³, -ing suffix¹. Etymology: < long v.³ + -ing suffix¹. Compare belonging n. Obsolete. Something which belongs or relates to something; a belonging, an appurtenance.In quot. c1475 perhaps an error for louggynges, plural of a variant of lodging n. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > possessions > [noun] > appurtenance(s) appurtenance1377 propertyc1390 depending1436 longingc1449 appurtenant1483 appertaininga1597 assign1604 appertainmenta1616 concerns1818 pertaining1869 c1449 R. Pecock Repressor (1860) 15 And so forth of manie purtenauncis and longingis to matrimonye. c1475 Gregory's Chron. in J. Gairdner Hist. Coll. Citizen London (1876) 196 They dyspoylyd the placys and longgynges of many dyvers lordys. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online June 2018). longingadj.¹ Brit. /ˈlɒŋɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈlɔŋɪŋ/, /ˈlɑŋɪŋ/ Forms: see long v.¹ and -ing suffix². Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.¹, -ing suffix². Etymology: < long v.¹ + -ing suffix². †1. That grows longer in duration. Obsolete. rare.Only in Old English. ΚΠ OE Ælfric De Temporibus Anni (Cambr. Gg.3.28) (2009) iv. 84 Eft on langiendum dagum he [sc. the moon] ofergæð ðone suðran sunstede. 2. That longs for something or someone; characterized by strong desire or yearning. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [adjective] oflongedOE alonged?a1300 longinga1425 with child1548 yearning1596 wishfula1616 greening1637 tantalized1660 with twins1768 a1425 (?a1400) Cloud of Unknowing (Harl. 674) (1944) 26 Smyte apon þat þicke cloude of vnknowying wiþ a scharp darte of longing loue. a1450 tr. Aelred of Rievaulx De Institutione Inclusarum (Bodl.) (1984) 1 Thei mighten..syghe and snobbe after the loue of Iesu with longyng desire. 1509 J. Fisher Mornynge Remembraunce Countesse of Rychemonde (de Worde) sig. Biii^v A grete comforte then it is vnto the soule y^t hath so longynge desyre vnto the body to here y^t the body shal ryse agayne. 1567 Compend. Bk. Godly Songs (1897) 219 Gif..we..leif this art of langing lust. 1611 Bible (King James) Psalms cvii. 9. For he satisfieth the longing soul, and filleth the hungry soul with goodness. View more context for this quotation 1667 J. Milton Paradise Lost ix. 743 That Fruit, which with desire,..Sollicited her longing eye. View more context for this quotation 1697 J. Dryden tr. Virgil Georgics iii, in tr. Virgil Wks. 109 Of Love defrauded in their longing Hour. View more context for this quotation 1751 T. Gray Elegy 9 Nor cast one longing ling'ring Look behind! 1770 T. Bridges Burlesque Transl. Homer I. iii. 122 All the ragged sons of Greece May to their longing wives get soon, And take a second honey-moon. 1868 J. H. Blunt Reformation Church of Eng. I. 87 Wolsey had longing visions of the great work that might be effected if he could become pope. 1871 B. Jowett in tr. Plato Dialogues II. 47 He felt a longing desire to see them. 1922 N. Buckley Wings of Youth 34 Nor life nor death can keep away My longing heart from you. 2011 Herald Sun (Melbourne) (Nexis) 12 Nov. 27 The great possibilities of China..have long excited the longing eyes and feasted the eager imaginations of European merchants. Derivatives ˈlongingness n. ΘΚΠ the mind > will > wish or inclination > desire > longing or yearning > [noun] ondeeOE yearningeOE longingOE forlonginga1250 mourningc1300 yering13.. eye-seke?c1500 panting1580 greening1584 smackeringa1586 brame1590 languora1599 earning1603 lingering1608 yawning1635 tantalizing1640 slavering1642 longingness1651 tantalization1654 twittering1668 hankering1678 honing1725 lech1796 yearna1797 languishment1817 yearningness1839 hanker1881 tantalizingness1889 yen1906 1651 W. Davenant Gondibert iii. vi. lxxi And now his Eyes even ake with longingness. 1858 Millennial Harbinger Feb. 114 With some memories we linger there..with a fond longingness. 1918 W. de la Mare Motley 13 Nor earth, nor air..could lull poor mortal longingness asleep. 1995 Austin (Texas) Amer.-Statesman (Nexis) 13 Aug. g1 There's great longingness in goodbyes. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online March 2022). † longingadj.² Forms: Middle English longande. Origin: Formed within English, by derivation. Etymons: long v.³, -ing suffix². Etymology: < long v.³ + -ing suffix². Compare belonging adj. Obsolete. That belongs to or forms a part of something. ΘΚΠ the mind > possession > owning > [adjective] > belonging longingc1400 appropriate1605 pertaining1868 c1400 (?c1380) Pearl l. 462 So is vcha krysten sawle, A longande lym to þe mayster of myste. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, June 2016; most recently modified version published online December 2020). < n.¹eOEn.²c1449adj.¹OEadj.²c1400
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