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lathing.

Invitation.

7 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. Invitation.

    UK · dialectal
Where this word comes from

From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).

noun
  1. A covering of laths.

Where this word comes from

Etymology tree English lath Proto-Germanic *-ungō Old English -ung Middle English -ynge English -ing English lathing From lath + -ing.

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of lathe

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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