backgain
backgain · more backgain · most backgain
Receding; going backReceding; going back.
Meaning
2 senses(UK, dialectal)Receding; going back.
(UK, dialectal)Not thriving in health or in worldly concerns.
a backgain family
Origin
Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back + ganging.Alteration of back-ganging (adjective), equivalent to back + ganging.
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Forms
more backgain, most backgain| Comparative | more backgain Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most backgain Lesson |
regular
Word family
1 related wordsRelatedback-ganging
Lessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.