Etymology

despairing

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Today it means: Feeling, expressing, or caused by despair; hopeless. Full definition →

Middle English despeyringe
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  1. Middle English · inherited fromdespeyringe
  2. English todaydespairing

From Middle English despeyringe, equivalent to despair + -ing.

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