norisshyng
Middle English
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈnuriʃinɡ/, /ˈnurisinɡ/, /ˈnur(ə)ʃinɡ/
Noun
norisshyng (uncountable)
- The provision of sustenance or nourishment.
- Comestibles and beverages; things that are eaten and drunk.
- Nutritional substances or nutriments; foods that are useful nutritionally.
- Child-raising; the education and preparation of young for the world (usually referring to humans)
- Inciting into behaviour; promotion of a belief.
- (rare) Reproduction; giving birth or producing offspring.
- (rare) The provision of living requirements or goods.
- (rare) The consumption of nourishment or other living requirements.
- (rare) Luxuries, indulgences; goods that are not necessary.
- (rare) Religious sustenance.
References
- “norishing(e, ger.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-07-15.
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