waning /ˈweɪ.nɪŋ/adjective 2noun 2forms 1 adjective2 •Becoming weaker or smaller. •Of the lunar phase: as it shrinks when viewed from the Earth. noun2 •The fact or act of becoming less or less intense or present; fading.And boyhood is a summer sun Whose waning is the dreariest one — For all we live to know is known And all we seek to keep hath flown — […] — 1829 •The fact or act of becoming smaller.17th century, Joseph Hall, Epistle to Mr. R. B. This earthly moon, the Church, hath her fulls and wanings, and sometimes her eclipses. formswanings
