uncling
English
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ˈʌŋk(ə)lɪŋ/
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Verb
edituncling
- present participle and gerund of uncle
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
edit- IPA(key): /ʌnˈklɪŋ/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Verb
edituncling (third-person singular simple present unclings, present participle unclinging, simple past and past participle unclung)
- (obsolete) To cease from clinging or adhering.
- 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC:
- unleſſe it be the lowest lees of a canonicall infection livergrown to their fides; which perhaps will never uncling