Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

leisuring

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: leisur-ing
IPA

10

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

2

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The spending of time in leisure activities; recreation.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Whether or not we are under a moral obligation to engage in leisuring is something we shall consider later, but for the moment it is enough to point out that leisuring is one of the ways of using whatever free time we have […]"
"When we look at the patterns between leisuring and volunteering, we find nearly an inverse relationship, with more volunteering time related to less leisuring time."

Etymology

From leisure + -ing.

Word Breakdown

Suffix: leisure

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does leisuring mean?: The spending of time in leisure activities; recreation.
Where does leisuring come from?: From leisure + -ing.

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