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Middle English
Etymology 1
From stynken + -ing (“nominalising ending”).
Pronunciation
Noun
stynkynge (uncountable)
- The emission of a foul odour
1387–1400, Geoffrey Chaucer, “The Parsons Tale”, in The Canterbury Tales, ,
→OCLC; republished in [
William Thynne], editor,
The Workes of Geffray Chaucer Newlye Printed, ,
:
[
Richard Grafton for]
Iohn Reynes ,
1542,
→OCLC,
folio cvi, verso, column 1:
Of the hinder part of her buttockes it is ful horrible for to ſe, for certes in that parte of her body there as they purge her ſtynkynge ordure, that foul partie ſhew they to yͤ people proudly in diſpite of honeſtie, which honeſtie that Jeſu Christ and hys frendes obſerued to ſhewe in her life.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- A bad smell; stench
Descendants
Etymology 2
From stynken + -ing (“present participle ending”).
Pronunciation
Verb
stynkynge
- Alternative form of stinkende
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