suitoringn.
/ˈsuːtərɪŋ/, /ˈsjuːtərɪŋ/, U.S. /ˈsudərɪŋ/ Falling out of standard use after the early modern period.
The action of seeking a woman's hand in marriage; behaviour by a man intended to persuade a woman to marry him. Sometimes also more widely: the action of pursuing a relationship or sexual relations with another. Also occasionally: an instance of this.
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the mind > emotion > love > courtship or wooing > [noun]
wooingc1000
wouhlechec1230
wouhlechunga1250
love work?a1300
love-druryc1300
love playc1390
suitc1475
lovemakinga1500
loveshipc1500
suiting1568
courtship1600
courting1607
suitoringa1640
amouring1675
sparking1804
sprunting1823
lovering1848
twosing1940
society > society and the community > kinship or relationship > marriage or wedlock > seeking marriage > [noun] > seeking hand in marriage
wooingc1000
wouhlechec1230
wouhlechunga1250
suitc1475
suiting1568
courtship1600
courting1607
suitoringa1640
a1640 W. Fenner Pract. Divinitie (1647) 14 Thoughts are as the visions in the night, ergo we use this proverb, his thoughts are gone a sutering.
1671 A. Behn Amorous Prince iv. iv. 61 Well, I see there is nothing but soutering I'th this [sic] Town; wo'd our Lucia were here too for me.
1746 (title) Exmoor courtship, or a suitoring discourse, in the Devonshire dialect and mode.
1840 R. H. Barham Lay St. Nicholas in Ingoldsby Legends 1st Ser. 262 Counts a many, and Dukes a few, A suitoring came to my father's Hall.
1889 Athenæum 14 Dec. 816/3 The usual ‘suitorings’, sulkings, makings-up, of various couples.
2016 @Muyeezus 31 Oct. in twitter.com (accessed 18 June 2019) I'm firmly in support of Precious' suitoring of you. You need to seriously consider.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2020; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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