concealing

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

English conceal

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂

Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂

Proto-Indo-European *-yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti

Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ti

Proto-Germanic *-ōną

Proto-Germanic *-gō

Proto-Germanic *-ōngō?

Proto-Germanic *-ungō

Old English -ung

Middle English -ynge

English -ing

English concealing

From conceal + -ing.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kənˈsiːlɪŋ/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /kənˈsilɪŋ/
• Rhymes: -iːlɪŋ
• Hyphenation: con‧ceal‧ing

Noun

concealing (plural concealings)

1. gerund of conceal: an act of concealment.
2. Material, etc., that conceals something.
   • 1852 July, Herman Melville, “Book V. Misgivings and Preparatives.”, in Pierre: Or, The Ambiguities, New York, N.Y.: Harper & Brothers, […], →OCLC, section V, page 142:

     Standing half-befogged upon the mountain of his Fate, all that part of the wide panorama was wrapped in clouds to him; but anon those concealings slid aside, or rather, a quick rent was made in them; […]

Verb

concealing

1. present participle and gerund of conceal

Derived terms

• concealingly

Anagrams

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