different between lurking vs dormant

English

Verb

lurking

1. present participle of lurk

Noun

lurking (plural lurkings)

1. The act of one who lurks.
   • 2011, Christine Chism, Alliterative Revivals (page 99)

     In these hunting scenes, as many critics have noted, the reversals, negotiations, lurkings, and evasions between hunter and prey mirror and frame the bedroom strategies of the Lady and Gawain.

English

Alternative forms

• dormaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English, from Old French, from Latin dormi?ns, present participle of dormi? (“I sleep”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?d??m?nt/

Adjective

dormant (not comparable)

1. Inactive, sleeping, asleep, suspended.
2. (heraldry) In a sleeping posture; distinguished from couchant.

3. (architecture) Leaning.

Synonyms

• (inactive, suspended): quiescent; see also Thesaurus:inactive

Antonyms

• (inactive, suspended): active
• (volcano: inactive): active, extinct

Related terms

• dorm
• dormancy
• dormition
• dormitive
• dormitory

Translations

Noun

dormant (plural dormants)

1. (architecture) A crossbeam or joist.

Further reading

• dormant in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• dormant in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
• dormant at OneLook Dictionary Search

Anagrams

• mordant

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d??.m??/

Adjective

dormant (feminine singular dormante, masculine plural dormants, feminine plural dormantes)

1. dormant
2. asleep

Derived terms

• Belle au bois dormant

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormir

Further reading

• “dormant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• mordant

Norman

Verb

dormant

1. present participle of dormi