decaying

English

Etymology

decay +‎ -ing

Verb

decaying

1. present participle and gerund of decay

Noun

decaying (plural decayings)

1. The process of undergoing decay.
   • 1839, William Jenkyn, James Sherman, An Exposition Upon the Epistle of Jude, page 274:

     Spiritual witherings and decayings are opposite to the word of God.