messaging

English

Etymology

From message +‎ -ing.

Noun

messaging (usually uncountable, plural messagings)

  1. gerund of message: the transmission of messages.
    • 1872, [Ernst Julius] Saupe, Thomas Carlyle, transl., “[Supplement of 1872.] Saupe’s ‘Schiller and His Father’s Household.’ I. The Father.”, in The Life of Friedrich Schiller: […] (Thomas Carlyle’s Collected Works), 2nd edition, London: Chapman and Hall, […], published 1873, →OCLC, page 198:
      Excited by all kinds of messagings, informings and insinuations, the imperious Prince, in spite of his secret pleasure in this sudden renown of his Pupil, could in no wise be persuaded to revoke or soften his harsh Order, […]

Derived terms

Verb

messaging

  1. present participle and gerund of message
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