The act of haunting or the state of being frequented by ghosts or spirits.
Present participle of 'hant,' a dialectal or colloquial variant of 'haunt' from Middle English and Old French 'hanter,' meaning to frequent or visit regularly.
In some English dialects, especially in Appalachia, 'hanting' became the preferred form, showing how regional speech patterns preserve older pronunciation variations that the standard language abandoned.
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