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wallowing

Meaning of “wallowing”

Present-participial or verbal-noun form of wallow, meaning to roll oneself about in mud, ashes, or filth.

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First occurrence: 2 Peter 2:22

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2 Peter 2:22
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But it is happened unto them according to the true proverb, The dog is turned to his own vomit again; and the sow that was washed to her wallowing in the mire.
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The 1611 reading
1611 witness · 2 Peter 2:22 · retained source text

But it is happened vnto them according to the true prouerbe: The dog is turned to his own vomit againe, and the sowe that was washed, to her wallowing in the mire.

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2 Peter 2:22

A washed sow returns to wallowing in mire, establishing rolling or tumbling the body in the substance.