delving

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛlvɪŋ/

Verb

delving

1. present participle and gerund of delve

Noun

delving (countable and uncountable, plural delvings)

1. The act of one who delves.
   • 1931, H. P. Lovecraft, chapter 6, in The Whisperer in Darkness:

     The purpose of my visit, and the frightful abnormalities it postulated struck at me all at once with a chill sensation that nearly over-balanced my ardour for strange delvings.

   • 1968, E. Dora Earthy, Valenge Women:

     Doubtless, as has happened to others, her motives were sometimes misunderstood by those who may have looked with suspicion upon these delvings into pagan practice and belief, but they have been fully justified.

2. Alternative form of dilving

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch delvinge. Equivalent to delven +‎ -ing.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdɛl.vɪŋ/

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• Hyphenation: del‧ving
• Rhymes: -ɛlvɪŋ

Noun

delving f (plural delvingen)

1. digging, excavation