tidings

[tahy-dingz]

noun

(sometimes used with a singular verb)

1. news, information, or intelligence.

   Cards with joyful holiday tidings filled the fireplace mantel.

   The soldiers eagerly opened the letters, devouring the tidings from home.

tidings

/ ˈtaɪdɪŋz /

plural noun

1. information or news

Word History and Origins

Origin of tidings¹

First recorded before 1100; Middle English; Old English tīdung “announcement, news item”; cognate with Dutch tijding, German Zeitung “newspaper, news”; akin to Old Norse tīthindi “news, events”; tide ², -ing ¹

Word History and Origins

Origin of tidings¹

Old English tīdung; related to Middle Low German tīdinge information, Old Norse tidhendi events; see _tide ²

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