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lathing

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.35 in modern English

Syllables
lath-ing
IPA
11
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Invitation.

British usage

verb

present participle and gerund of lathe

noun

A covering of laths.

Etymology

From Middle English lathinge, from Old English laþung, from Proto-West Germanic *laþungu, equivalent to lathe (“to invite”) + -ing. Cognate with German Ladung, Einladung (“invitiation”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

Usage

Inflected Forms

lathings (plural)

Questions

What does lathing mean?
Invitation.
Where does lathing come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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