Synonyms for penning
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : pen-ing |
| Phonetic Transcription : ˈpɛn ɪŋ |
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Définition of penning
Origin :- "writing implement," late 13c., from Old French pene "quill pen; feather" (12c.) and directly from Latin penna "a feather, plume," in plural "a wing," in Late Latin, "a pen for writing," from Old Latin petna, pesna, from PIE *pet-na-, suffixed form of root *pet- "to rush; to fly" (see petition (n.)).
- Latin penna and pinna "a feather, plume;" in plural "a wing;" also "a pinnacle; battlement" (see pin (n.)) are treated as identical in Watkins, etc., but regarded as separate (but confused) Latin words by Tucker and others, who derive pinna from PIE *spei- "sharp point" (cf. spike (n.1)) and see the "feather/wing" sense as secondary.
- In later French, this word means only "long feather of a bird," while the equivalent of English plume is used for "writing implement," the senses of the two words thus are reversed from the situation in English. Pen-and-ink (adj.) is attested from 1670s. Pen name is recorded from mid-19c.
- verb enclose
- verb write
- This is the only explanation we can give for penning this memorial.
- Extract from : « Gathering Jewels » by James Knowles and Matilda Darroch Knowles
- She was collecting some essays and penning an introductory memoir.
- Extract from : « The Longest Journey » by E. M. Forster
- Let it not be supposed, from what I have just said, that I am detailing any mystery, or penning any romance.
- Extract from : « The Works of Edgar Allan Poe » by Edgar Allan Poe
- This discourse was the cause of his penning a letter to his brother.
- Extract from : « The Trumpet-Major » by Thomas Hardy
- Let me be as brief as I can in penning the details, which almost sicken me while I recall them.
- Extract from : « Buckskin Mose » by Buckskin Mose
- But I suppose it is of my sister's penning, and he, poor man!
- Extract from : « Pamela, or Virtue Rewarded » by Samuel Richardson
- As surely as that this hand is penning the words, I tell you but the truth.
- Extract from : « Mildred Arkell, (Vol 1 of 3) » by Ellen Wood
- There was not much in the life we are penning that was not little in some comparisons.
- Extract from : « Memoir of Mary L. Ware, Wife of Henry Ware, Jr. » by Edward B. Hall
- He is capable of penning a canto to a crinoline, and has a pathetic monody on a mackintosh.
- Extract from : « Reviews » by Oscar Wilde
- I have been penning in my mind, lying here, a letter to one who will show it to the Queen.
- Extract from : « 1492 » by Mary Johnston
Antonyms for penning
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