upturning
English
Etymology 1
From upturn + -ing.
Verb
upturning
- present participle of upturn
Etymology 2
From Middle English upturnynge, equivalent to upturn + -ing and/or up- + turning.
Noun
upturning (plural upturnings)
- A turning upward.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
- He suffered from frequent 'micro-crises' — upturnings of the eyeballs, associated with transient inability to move or respond; these lasted a few seconds only, and occurred dozens, and sometimes hundreds, of times a day.
- 1973, Oliver Sacks, Awakenings
Anagrams
- turning up