uncling

English

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʌŋk(ə)lɪŋ/

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Verb

uncling

1. present participle and gerund of uncle

Etymology 2

un- +‎ cling

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʌnˈklɪŋ/

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Verb

uncling (third-person singular simple present unclings, present participle unclinging, simple past and past participle unclung)

1. (obsolete) To cease from clinging or adhering.
   • 1645 March 14 (Gregorian calendar), John Milton, Tetrachordon: Expositions upon the Foure Chief Places in Scripture, which Treat of Mariage, or Nullities in Mariage. […], London: [s.n.], →OCLC:

     unleſſe it be the lowest lees of a canonicall infection livergrown to their fides; which perhaps will never uncling