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itch
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?t??/
- Rhymes: -?t?
Etymology 1
From Middle English icche, ?icche, from Old English ?i??e (“an itch”), from Proto-Germanic *jukj? (“an itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“an itch, itchiness”), Dutch jeuk (“an itch”), German jucken.
Noun
itch (plural itches)
- A sensation felt on an area of the skin that causes a person or animal to want to scratch.
- A constant teasing desire or want.
Synonyms
- yuck, yuik, yeuk (all in Scotland)
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From Middle English icchen, ?icchen, from Old English ?i??an, ?y??an (“to itch”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjan (“to itch”), of unknown origin. Cognate with Scots yeuk (“to itch”), West Frisian jûkje (“to itch”), Dutch jeuken (“to itch”), Low German jocken (“to itch”), German jucken (“to itch”).
Verb
itch (third-person singular simple present itches, present participle itching, simple past and past participle itched)
- (intransitive) To feel itchy; to feel a need to be scratched.
- (intransitive) To have a constant, teasing urge; to feel strongly motivated; to want or desire something.
- (transitive) To cause to feel an itch.
- 2001, India Knight, My Life on a Plate (page 102)
- My head is suddenly itching me like mad.
- 2001, India Knight, My Life on a Plate (page 102)
- (transitive, colloquial) To scratch or rub so as to relieve an itch.
- 2002, M D Huddleston, Missing Paige:
- "What makes you suspect him?" Max asked as he itched his neck.
- 2002 January 4, "Cyd" (username), Itching, in alt.support.mult-sclerosis, Usenet:
- I have to take both shoes and socks off! If I go bare foot I'm ok! I also get itching on my r/palm of my hand. I itch it so much that it's raw!
- 2003 November 21, "Jim Patterson" (username), Behavior Therapy for Itchy Clothes?, in alt.support.ocd, Usenet:
- Basically I go through a half hour of trying to figure out of it is an fake OCD itch or a regular itch before I itch it (if I determine it's a "fake" itch, then I try not to itch it).
- 2003, Ray Emerson, The Riddle of Cthulhu:
- Ulysses thumped his side and itched his back side, then slipped into his car.
- 2004, Philip Smucker, Al Qaeda's Great Escape: The Military and the Media on Terror's Trail:
- But when we asked more about the famous man whose specter still commanded the heights, the guard just sneered at me, pointed his gun back toward the road with one hand, and itched his chin with the other.
- 2002, M D Huddleston, Missing Paige:
Derived terms
- make one's teeth itch
Translations
Anagrams
- chit, tich
itch From the web:
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relish
English
Etymology
Alteration of reles (“scent, taste, aftertaste”), from Old French relais, reles (“something remaining, that which is left behind”), from relaisser (“to leave behind”).
Alternative forms
- rellish (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (UK, US) IPA(key): /???.l??/
Noun
relish (countable and uncountable, plural relishes)
- A pleasant taste
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 12.
- A Laplander or Negro has no notion of the relish of wine.
- 1748. David Hume. Enquiries concerning the human understanding and concerning the principles of moral. London: Oxford University Press, 1973. § 12.
- enjoyment; pleasure.
- A quality or characteristic tinge.
- (followed by "for") A taste (for); liking (of); fondness.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 11:
- One of the first acts which he was under the necessity of performing must have been painful to a man of so generous a nature, and of so keen a relish for whatever was excellent in arts and letters.
- 1785, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. John Newton (dated December 10, 1785)
- I have a relish for moderate praise, because it bids fair to be judicious.
- 1849, Thomas Macaulay, History of England, Chapter 11:
- A cooked or pickled sauce, usually made with vegetables or fruits, generally used as a condiment.
- In a wooden frame, the projection or shoulder at the side of, or around, a tenon, on a tenoned piece.
- Something that is greatly liked or savoured.
Hyponyms
- See also Thesaurus:seasoning
Derived terms
- India relish
Translations
Verb
relish (third-person singular simple present relishes, present participle relishing, simple past and past participle relished)
- (transitive) To taste or eat with pleasure, to like the flavor of [from 16th c.]
- (transitive) to take great pleasure in.
- He relishes their time together.
- I don't relish the idea of going out tonight.
- Now I begin to relish thy advice.
- 1706, Francis Atterbury, A sermon preached at the Guild-Hall Chapel, September 28, 1706
- He knows how to prize his advantages, and to relish the honours which he enjoys.
- (obsolete, intransitive) To taste; to have a specified taste or flavour. [16th-19th c.]
- Had I been the finder-out of this secret, it would not have relish'd among my other discredits.
- 1695, John Woodward, An essay toward a natural history of the earth
- A theory, which, how much soever it may relish of wit and invention, hath no foundation in nature.
- (transitive) To give a taste to; to cause to taste nice, to make appetizing. [from 16th c.]
- (obsolete, intransitive) To give pleasure.
Synonyms
(take pleasure in): : appreciate, delight in, enjoy, like, revel in
Derived terms
- disrelish
- relishable
- relisher
Translations
References
- relish in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Anagrams
- Hilers, Riehls, Rishel, hirsel
French
Etymology
From English relish.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?e.li?/
Noun
relish f (uncountable)
- relish (pickled sauce)
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