Definition of GOLDING

golding

Meanings

Plural: goldinges, goldings

Noun

  • English novelist (1911-1993)
  • A gold coin.
  • A kind of apple; a goldling.
  • The corn marigold (Glebionis segetum).
  • The ladybird (family Coccinellidae).
  • A kind of red hop, a sub-variety of the Canterbury hop.

Verb

  • present participle and gerund of gold

Origin / Etymology

First attested circa 1580; formed as gold + -ing.

Synonyms

golding hop, golding vine, Sir William Gerald Golding, William Golding

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