weening

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English wening (“supposition, opinion, presumption, doubt”), from Old English wēning (“supposition, doubt, doubtful thought”), equivalent to ween +‎ -ing.

Noun

weening (countable and uncountable, plural weenings)

1. Presumption, imagination, supposition.
   • 1860, R.R.B., The Upland Hall, page 54:

     […] and if I get a scanty living in the way I do, it is because the credulity of the people require such practices to satisfy their weenings — they wish to know all sorts of things, […]

Related terms

• overweening

Etymology 2

Verb

weening

1. present participle and gerund of ween

Anagrams

• W engine, enewing