louring
English
editEtymology 1
editFrom Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”).
Verb
editlouring
- present participle and gerund of lour
Etymology 2
editFrom Middle English louring, lowrynge, luring, equivalent to lour + -ing.
Noun
editlouring (plural lourings)
- The act of one who, or that which, lours.
- 1904-1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts
- Times are they fraught with peril, trouble, gloom; / We have to mark their lourings and to face them.
- 1904-1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts