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English
Etymology
From message + -ing.
Noun
messaging (usually uncountable, plural messagings)
- gerund of message: the transmission of messages.
1872, Saupe, Thomas Carlyle, transl., “ Saupe’s ‘Schiller and His Father’s Household.’ I. The Father.”, in The Life of Friedrich Schiller: (Thomas Carlyle’s Collected Works), 2nd edition, London: Chapman and Hall, , published 1873, →OCLC, page 198:Excited by all kinds of messagings, informings and insinuations, the imperious Prince, in spite of his secret pleasure in this sudden renown of his Pupil, could in no wise be persuaded to revoke or soften his harsh Order, […]
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Verb
messaging
- present participle and gerund of message