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louring en · VERB · etymology 1
Etymology
From Middle English louryng, louringe, lowrynge, later variant of lourand, lowrand, lourande, lowrande, equivalent to lour + -ing. Cognate with Dutch loerend (“lurking, louring”).
Meanings
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(form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of lour
Deriveds
louringly
louring en · NOUN · etymology 2
Etymology
From Middle English louring, lowrynge, luring, equivalent to lour + -ing.
Meanings
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The act of one who, or that which, lours.
1904-1908, Thomas Hardy, The Dynasts
Times are they fraught with peril, trouble, gloom; / We have to mark their lourings and to face them.
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