squattering

English

Etymology

From squatter +‎ -ing.

Verb

squattering

1. present participle and gerund of squatter

Adjective

squattering (comparative more squattering, superlative most squattering)

1. (obsolete) Straggling; messy.
   • 1603, Michel de Montaigne, translated by John Florio, The Essayes […], London: […] Val[entine] Simmes for Edward Blount […], →OCLC:
     , II.17:

     It is a language (as are many others round about me) like to that of Poitou, Xaintonge, Angoulesme, Limosin, and Auvergne, squattering, dragling, and filthie.