swearing
verbosustantivoatestiguado en diálogos
The act of swearing, or making an oath.
verbo
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También una forma de swearpresent participle and gerund of swear
Swearing doesn't just mean what we now understand by "dirty words". It is entwined, in social and linguistic history, with the other sort of swearing: vows and oaths. Consider for a moment the origins of almost any word we have for bad language – "profanity", "curses", "oaths" and "swearing" itself.
Etimología
From Middle English swerynge; equivalent to swear + -ing.
sustantivo
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The act of swearing, or making an oath.
No man is believed a jot the more for all the asseverations, damnings, and swearings he makes.
Formas
- plural
- swearings
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