yearning
EN • English
//ˈjɝnɪŋ//(General American)
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Definitions & Usage
noun
#1A wistful or melancholy longing.
Example: “She had a yearning to see her long-lost sister again.”
verb
#2present participle and gerund of yearn
noun
#3(Scotland, archaic) Rennet (an enzyme to curdle milk in order to make cheese).
Notable Literary & Historical Quotes
“I've got this burning, yearning, yearning / Feeling inside me / Ooh, deep inside me / And it hurts so bad”
— 1964, “Where Did Our Love Go?”, performed by The Supremes:
“Mrs. MacClarty then took down a bottle of rennet, or yearning, as she called it.”
— 1808, Elizabeth Hamilton, Cottagers of Glenburnie:
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