rottingEtymologyFrom Middle English rotynge (“rotting”), from Old English rotung; equivalent to rot + -ing. Conflated with Middle English rotende, present participle of roten (“to rot”), from Old English rotiende, present participle of rotian (“to rot”).rotting means The process by which something rots. Lexicurio rates it Distinctive — a strength score of 67 out of 100.nounThe process by which something rots.“[…] the mould on the boles of the other [trees], that lyes commonly there, and is made of the annual rottings of their own leaves.”Material that has rotted.“From the compost rinds and rottings, from the garbage peels, from the shadows' darkness, darkness, this guttered meal and all its redolence.”