retiring

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪərɪŋ

Adjective

retiring

1. introverted, liking privacy and seclusion.

   I don't really know him well, since he's so shy and retiring.

   • 1911, Theodore Dreiser, Jennie Gerhardt, Chapter LX:

     Lester was in the thick of social and commercial affairs; he walked in paths to which Jennie's retiring soul had never aspired.

2. (Should we delete⁽⁺⁾ this sense?) About to retire from work.

   Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

Translations

preferring their own company, liking privacy

• Maori: hūnguengue, ngākau tōngā, hūnguengue
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Verb

retiring

1. present participle of retire

   Today is the party for our retiring co-workers.

Noun

retiring (plural retirings)

1. retirement
   • (Can we date this quote by Francis Bacon and provide title, author’s full name, and other details?)

     One day of those his retirings ^[sic], giving out that he was sick, his father Antigonus came on the sudden to visit him, and met a fair dainty youth coming out of his chamber.