downsitting

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noun

The act of sitting down; repose, sitting or resting.

Scrabble 16

Meanings

noundownsitting (plural downsittings)

plural downsittings

  1. archaicThe act of sitting down; repose, sitting or resting.

    Thou knowest my downsitting and my uprising.

    1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Psalms 139:2

Origin

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Chicago

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