longing
Meanings
Verb
- Present participle of long
Noun
- An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
- The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise
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Origin
- From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną, equivalent to long + -ing.
- From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung, from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną, equivalent to long + -ing.
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