willmaking en · NOUN
Etymology
From will + making.
Meanings
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(uncountable) The creation of a legal will.
Few things show the human character in a more ridiculous light than the circumstance of will-making. It is the latest opportunity we have of exercising the natural perversity of the disposition, and we take care to make a good use of it.
1821–1822, William Hazlitt, “On Will-making”, in Table-Talk; or, Original Essays, volume (please specify |volume=I or II), London: John Warren; Henry Colburn and Co.:
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| will-making | alternative | lexicographic |