crowning

Meanings

Verb

• Present participle of crown

Adjective

• Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity.

Noun

• A coronation.
• The act of one who crowns (in various senses).
• The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva.

Origin

• From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.
• From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing.