woulding

/ˈwʊdɪŋ/

Etymology

From would + -ing.

woulding means an emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 87 out of 100.

woulding is pronounced /ˈwʊdɪŋ/.

Why “woulding” is a great word

WOULDING — [Noun] An emotion of desire; an inclination or velleity. From the modal verb 'would' (expressing desire or inclination) + the noun-forming suffix '-ing'. Unlike "velleity" (which connotes a slight, ineffective wish) or "volition" (which implies the decisive power of will and action), woulding is the quiet, internal state of yearning without a catalyst. It is the hand hovering over the doorknob at midnight, the imagined taste of a dinner you will never cook, and the phantom pressure of a hand you will never hold—the gentle, melancholic gravity of all the paths not taken.

noun

An emotion of desire; an inclination; velleity.“an act of some kind of woulding or appetite, and that is constantly twofold to the same matter; the flesh hath one woulding, and the spirit hath another”