waning
waning · wanings
The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or presentThe fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
/ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/
Meaning
2 sensesThe fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
the waning of her energy
The fact or act of becoming smaller.
17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B. This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses.
More definitions
- a gradual decrease in magnitude or extent
Translations
2 languagesOrigin
From Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminutionFrom Middle English waning, waninge, wonunge, from Old English wanung (“waning; diminution”), from Proto-Germanic *wanungō, equivalent to wane + -ing.
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