longing

verbosubstantivocorrente nos diálogos

Reino Unido//ˈlɒŋɪŋ//
Estados Unidos//ˈlɔːŋɪŋ//
//lɑŋɪŋ//

An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

verbo

1
Também uma forma de longpresent participle and gerund of long

Etimologia

From Middle English longynge, langynge, langand, from Old English langiende, from Proto-Germanic *langōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (present participle ending).

substantivo

1
An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.
all natural lovings and longings
For round the valley a great desert lies through which no common traveller may come, but those whom the gods have chosen feel suddenly a great longing at heart, and crossing the mountains that divide the desert from the world, set out across it driven by the gods, […]
2
The buying of a financial instrument with the expectation that its value will rise.

Etimologia

From Middle English longinge, langynge, from Old English longung, langung (“longing, desire”), from Proto-Germanic *langungō, gerund of Proto-Germanic *langōną (“to desire, long for”), equivalent to long + -ing (gerund ending).

Formas

plural: longings

longer · One who longs or yearns for something.longest · Something that is longer than all others in its class.Longest · A surname.

longing · An earnest and deep, not greatly passionate, but rather melancholic desire.

Lonnie · A pet form of the male given name Alonzo.loo · A lavatory: a room used for urination and defecation.Loo · A surname.

As páginas vizinhas — A ordem alfabética segue as regras da língua, não o valor dos bytes: um acento só desempata entre duas palavras de resto idênticas, e o espanhol trata o Ñ como uma letra à parte.