childing.
Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
Meaning & usage
Able to bear children; fertile; also, pregnant, or in the process of childbirth, or having just given birth to a child.
Of a flowering plant: producing younger florets around an older flower.
Fruitful; productive.
Where this word comes from
From late Middle English childynge (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs).
present participle and gerund of child
Where this word comes from
From late Middle English childynge (“pregnant”), from childen (“to give birth to a child”) + -ing, -inge (suffix forming the present participles of verbs, which were often used as adjectives); equivalent to child (verb) + -ing (suffix forming adjectives with the sense ‘having a specified characteristic, nature, or quality’, and forming the present participles of verbs).
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