banningn.

/ˈbanɪŋ/

Etymology: < ban v. + -ing suffix¹.

a. Cursing.

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the mind > language > malediction > [noun] > action of saying

cursingc950

waryingc1200

accursinga1382

execration1382

cursement1393

banninga1400

malloka1400

malediction1447

comminationa1464

imprecation1589

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > curse > [noun] > action of saying

cursingc950

waryingc1200

accursinga1382

execration1382

cursement1393

banninga1400

malediction1447

detestation?a1475

imprecation1589

a1400 (a1325) Cursor Mundi (Vesp.) l. 11954 Yur sun..Wit his banning has slan vr child.

1566 J. Studley tr. Seneca Medea i. f. 2 That my bytter bannynges may wyth myschefe most abounde.

1817 W. Scott Rob Roy III. xii. 348 Ower bad for blessing, and ower gude for banning.

b. Prohibition.

This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1885; most recently modified version published online September 2019).

banningadj.

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

Etymology: < ban v. + -ing suffix².Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: ˈbanning.

That bans, cursing.

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the mind > language > malediction > [adjective]

execrable1382

comminatory1508

banning1586

imprecatory1587

detesting1591

execratory1611

devotory1652

imprecating1686

execratious1748

maledictory1822

execrating1829

execrative1830

comminative1835

maledictive1860

the mind > goodness and badness > state of being accursed > [adjective] > uttering curses