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woning.

A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.

6 characters2 syllables approx.English language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. A place to live; a dwelling; a dwelling-place; an abode.

    archaic
Where this word comes from

From Middle English woning, wuning, wunnunge, from Old English wunung (“act of dwelling, living, dwelling, habitation, inner room of a dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *wunungu, equivalent to wone + -ing. Cognate with Scots wonnyng, wonyng, wonyn (“habitation, dwelling, shelter”), Dutch woning (“dwelling, house”), German Wohnung (“dwelling, apartment”), Swedish våning (“floor, apartment, flat”).

verb
  1. present participle and gerund of wone

    form-of · gerund · participle · present
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