upsitting
noun
Definition of upsitting
1a archaic : the first time a woman sits up to receive company after having a baby b obsolete : the first time one sits up after an illness
2 chiefly Africa : the act of sitting up at night in courtship
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Origin and Etymology of upsitting
2up + sitting, gerund of sit (after sit up, verb)
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