crowning
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crowning¹
- /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aʊnɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English crowninge, crounende, equivalent to crown + -ing.
verb
- present participle and gerund of crown
adjective more crowning · most crowning
- Supreme; of a surpassing quality or quantity. It seems that now [the Devil] was driving Alison hard. She had been remiss of late — fewer souls sent to hell, less zeal in quenching the Spirit, and, above all, the crowning offense that her bairn had communicated in Christ's kirk.
- Located on the top or summit.
crowning²
- /ˈkɹaʊnɪŋ/
Rhymes with -aʊnɪŋ
Where it comes from
From Middle English crouninge, crounynge, coroning, coronyng, equivalent to crown + -ing.
noun crownings
- A coronation. The crownings of the two successive monarchs were only a year apart.
- The act of one who crowns (in various senses). There were outflankings and crownings of hills by numbers of thirteen and seventeen men, that made one hold one's breath.
- The stage of vaginal childbirth when the infant's head remains consistently visible at the vulva. When your baby’s head remains visible without slipping back in, it is known as crowning.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: ultimate, top, supreme, peak, brilliant, gloss, bright, glossy, supernal, last, high, surpassing, supersupreme, superexcellent, superlative, supereminent
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