Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

onholding

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: on-hold-ing
IPA

14

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

3

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Continuous; perpetual; lasting.

Example Sentences

"In the work of a waggon-builder or coach-maker, if a man made a whole wheel, the shaving of spokes would come in its turn with other kinds of work that would call the workman into sundry postures, with sundry muscles in action ; whereas, when by a more exact division of labour, one man is confined only to the shaving of spokes, he may have a daily onholding pressure on the stomach that may soon affect his health."
"Since Friday morning police officers of the city of Seoul, Republic of Korea, are experiencing an onholding increase of witnesses of a yet unidentified, possibly hazardous biological phenomenon."

Etymology

From on- + holding.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: on

Inflected Forms

more onholding (comparative) most onholding (superlative)

Questions

What does onholding mean?: Continuous; perpetual; lasting.
Where does onholding come from?: From on- + holding.

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