ingoing

English

Etymology

in + going

Adjective

ingoing (not comparable)

  1. going in; entering

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Noun

ingoing (plural ingoings)

  1. The act of going in; entrance.
    • 1842, Sir Uvedale Price, Sir Thomas Dick Lauder, Sir Uvedale Price, On the Picturesque, page 168:
      Eftir his ingoing to England, he strypit himselff of his apperell, clothed himselff in ane base servill sute, denyit his name, and became servand to ane gairdner, and laborit in gardenes and yairdis during the haill space of his absence;
    • 1877, Eugenie Marlitt, At the Councillors, Or, A Nameless History, page 191:
      How often, as a child, had Kitty, lying in the grass, watched their outcomings and ingoings!
  2. An internal recess of a window.

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