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noun
Decline, wane.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, no-plural, rare, uncountable
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Synonyms: dwindling, dwining
Antonyms: none provided
verb
To wither, decline, pine away.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: archaic outside Scotland and dialects
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
History
From Middle English dwynen, from Old English dwīnan, from Proto-West Germanic *dwīnan, from Proto-Germanic *dwīnaną, from Proto-Indo-European *dhwey- (“to slip away, dwindle, die”), from *dhew- (“to pass away, die”). Compare West Frisian ferdwine, Dutch dwijnen, verdwijnen, Low German dwienen, verdwienen, Icelandic dvína. See also English dwindle, dush.
