rotting

English

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot +‎ -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Verb

rotting

1. present participle and gerund of rot

Noun

rotting (plural rottings)

1. The process by which something rots.
   • 1686, Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire, page 214:

     […] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.

2. Material that has rotted.
   • c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum:

     From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.

Derived terms

• bed rotting

Related terms

• rottingness

Anagrams

• Gritton

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch rotting, rotan, from Malay rotang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɔtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɪŋ

Noun

rotting c

1. any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus; rattan
2. (uncountable) the plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.; rattan
3. (by extension) a cane made from this material; rattan

Declension

Declension of rotting
	Singular		Plural
	Indefinite	Definite	Indefinite	Definite
Nominative	rotting	rottingen	rottingar	rottingarna
Genitive	rottings	rottingens	rottingars	rottingarnas

References

• rotting in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)