gaingiving

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gaingiving

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From gain- + giving.

noun gaingivings

  1. archaic, countable, uncountable A misgiving; an internal feeling or prognostication of evil. It is but foolery, but it is such a kind of gaingiving as would perhaps trouble a woman.
  2. countable, uncountable A giving against or away.

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@misc{gaingiving_2026,
  title = {gaingiving},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/gaingiving},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}