upturning
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Verb edit
upturning
- present participle and gerund of upturn
Etymology 2 edit
From Middle English upturnynge, equivalent to upturn + -ing and/or up- + turning.
Noun edit
upturning (plural upturnings)
- A turning upward.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings:
- He suffered from frequent 'micro-crises' — upturnings of the eyeballs, associated with transient inability to move or respond; these lasted a few seconds only, and occurred dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of times a day.