rotting

English

Etymology

From Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot +‎ -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).

Verb

rotting

1. present participle and gerund of rot

Noun

rotting (plural rottings)

1. The process by which something rots.
   • 1686, Robert Plot, The Natural History of Staffordshire, page 214:

     […] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.

2. Material that has rotted.
   • c. 2009, Janice N. Harrington, Possum:

     From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.

Derived terms

• bed rotting

Related terms

• rottingness

Anagrams

• Gritton

Swedish

Etymology

From Dutch rotting, rotan, from Malay rotang.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²rɔtɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -ɔtɪŋ

Noun

rotting c

1. any of several species of climbing palm of the genus Calamus; rattan
2. (uncountable) the plant used as a material for making furniture, baskets etc.; rattan
3. (by extension) a cane made from this material; rattan

Declension

Declension of rotting

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	rotting	rottings
	definite	rottingen	rottingens
plural	indefinite	rottingar	rottingars
	definite	rottingarna	rottingarnas

References

• rotting in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• rotting in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• rotting in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)