tidings
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dɪŋz noun (sometimes used with a singular verb)
news, information, or intelligence: sad tidings.
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| —pl n | |
| information or news | |
| [Old English tīdung; related to Middle Low German tīdinge information, Old Norse tidhendi events; see | |
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Tidings
is always a great word to know.
So is quincunx. Does it mean:
| a gadget; dingus; thingumbob. |
| an arrangement of five objects, as trees, in a square or rectangle, one at each corner and one in the middle. |
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Word Origin & History
tidings
"announcement of an event," 1069, from O.E. tidung "event, occurrence, piece of news," perhaps in part a verbal noun from O.E. tidan "to happen," in part from O.N. tiðendi (pl.) "events, news," from tiðr (adj.) "occurring," from PIE *di-ti- (see tide). Cf. Norw. tidende
"tidings, news," Du. tijding, Ger. Zeitung "newspaper").
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Example sentences
But this week marine biologists received some glad tidings, which may help to preserve a few more such places.
When it comes to paying for college, cash-strapped families have had a few good tidings of late.
At this stage of civilization, comets were seen as harbingers of bad tidings.
If you have particularly juicy tidings, you needn't send them via e-mail at all.
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