weening

名词 n. 动词 v.
中文释义

英文释义

名词 n.
  1. Presumption, imagination, supposition. countable,uncountable
    — […] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]
动词 v.
  1. present participle and gerund of ween form-of,gerund,participle,present

词形变化

weenings plural

词源

词源 1
From Middle English wening (“supposition, opinion, presumption, doubt”), from Old English wēning (“supposition, doubt, doubtful thought”), equivalent to ween + -ing.
词源 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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