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Added 9 October 2026

waning

/ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/ verb

In Latin: decrescens, senescens Wiktionary

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present participle and gerund of wane

adjective

Becoming weaker or smaller.
my waning patience
Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth.
the waning moon

noun

The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.
the waning of her energy
The fact or act of becoming smaller.

Origin

From Middle English waninge, alteration of earlier waniand, waniende, from Old English waniende, from Proto-Germanic *wanōndz, present participle of Proto-Germanic *wanōną (“to wane”), equivalent to wane + -ing.

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