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dutchy

noun
/ˈdʌt͡ʃi/

Etymology

Possibly Dutch + -y. Compare double Dutch.

  1. derived from *tewtéh₂✻
  2. derived from *þiudiskaz✻
  3. derived from *þiudisk✻
  4. derived from dutsch
  5. derived from dütsch
  6. derived from Duch
  7. suffixed as dutchy — “Dutch + y”

Definitions

  1. Archaic spelling of duchy.

    • The ſeigniorie alſo and principality of this part (which the Perſians call a Satrapy, that is, a Dutchy or Countey) doth in great meaſure exceede all other prouinces that are vnder the protection of the great King.

  2. difficult to understand, slurred, imprecisely articulated

    • He is so dutchy that we can hardly understand him.

  3. Somewhat Dutch.

    • "You must go to Steinitzer's some day, after butter. You'd like them." "They sound kind of Dutchy."

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA