leasing

leas·ing
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/ˈliːzɪŋ//ˈliːsɪŋ/

noun

A lie; the act of lying, falsehood.

OriginMiddle English lesing ← Old English lēasung ← Proto-West Germanic *lausungu →
CommonScrabble 8
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Meanings

leasing1

nounleasing (plural leasings)

plural leasings

  1. archaicA lie; the act of lying, falsehood.

    fy on þi lawe / For al by lesynges þow lyuest · and lecherouse werkes.

    c. 1378-9, [William Langland], “[Passus II]”, in The Vision of Pierce Plowman [...] (Cr, B-text), London: […] Roberte Crowley, […], published 1550, →OCLC
    2 more examples

    Then ren they with leſinges, and blow them about, With, ‘He wrate ſuche a bil withouten dout’, With, ‘I can tel you what ſuch a man ſaid, And you knew all ye would be ill apayd’.

    c. 1515–1516, John Skelton, 'Againſt venemous tongues enpoyſoned with ſclaunder and falſe detractions &c., published 1568

    Shewes, visions, sooth-sayes, and prophesies; / And all that fained is, as leasings, tales, and lies.

    1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC

leasing2

verb
  1. participlepresentpresent participle of lease (“to tell lies”)

leasing3

verb
  1. gerundparticiplepresentpresent participle and gerund of lease
nounleasing (countable and uncountable, plural leasings)

plural leasings

  1. countablegerunduncountablegerund of lease

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
bullshitfalsehoodliemisinformationpile of shit

Origin

leasing · noun

  1. Proto-Germanic*lausungō
  2. Proto-West Germanic*lausungu
  3. Old Englishlēasung“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”
  4. Middle Englishlesing
  5. Englishleasing

From Middle English lesing, leasung, from Old English lēasung (“leasing, lying, false witness, deceit, hypocrisy, artifice, lie, empty talk, frivolity, laxity”), from Proto-West Germanic *lausungu, from Proto-Germanic *lausungō, equivalent to lease (“to lie”) + -ing. Cognate with Scots lesing (“lying, falsehood”), German Lösung (“breaking away, release, liberation, solution”), Icelandic lausung (“lying, falsehood”).

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leasing · verb

  1. Middle Englishlesing
  2. Englishleasing

From Middle English lesing, leesing, lesinge, equivalent to lease (“to tell lies”) + -ing.

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leasing · verb, noun

From lease (“to rent out”) + -ing.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with leasing

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Anagrams

sealingSinegallignase
Cite this entry
APA

leasing. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasing

MLA

“leasing.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasing. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “leasing,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/leasing.

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