upsitting
English
Etymology
up + sitting
Noun
upsitting (plural upsittings)
- (obsolete) A sitting up of a woman after her confinement, to receive and entertain her friends.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for upsitting in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Anagrams
- sitting up