aboding
English
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editaboding (plural abodings)
- (obsolete) A foreboding. [Attested from the late 16th century to the early 18th century.][1]
- 1625, George Chapman, J. M. R. Margeson, edited by J. M. R. Margeson, The conspiracy and tragedy of Charles, Duke of Byron[1], Manchester University Press, page 127:
- Why suffer you that ill-aboding vermin To breed so near your bosom?
Verb
editaboding
- present participle and gerund of abode
References
edit- ^ Lesley Brown, editor-in-chief, William R. Trumble and Angus Stevenson, editors (2002), “aboding”, in The Shorter Oxford English Dictionary on Historical Principles, 5th edition, Oxford, New York, N.Y.: Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 6.