lessing

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proper noun

A surname from German.

OriginGerman Lessing →
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Meanings

lessing1

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of less

Lessing2

proper nounLessing (plural Lessings)

plural Lessings

  1. A surname from German.
    1 more example

    The 800-word work (on a paper slightly bigger than a postcard) is one of 13 works submitted by a group of authors that includes Doris Lessing, Tom Stoppard, Margaret Atwood and Nick Hornby, The Associated Press reported. Ms. Rowling used both sides of her card to handwrite the prequel to her seven-book Potter series.

    2008 May 30, Felicia R. Lee, “Harry Potter Prequel for Charity”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 19 Aug 2023

Origin

  1. GermanLessing
  2. EnglishLessing

* As a German surname, borrowed from German Lessing, a variant of Lessig. * As a Lower Sorbian surname, from lesník (“forester”). Compare Lesnik.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Anagrams

singlesginless
Cite this entry
APA

lessing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessing

MLA

“lessing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessing. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lessing,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lessing.

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