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bickerment

noun

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Germanic *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Old Dutch *bikken Middle Dutch bickenbor. Proto-Germanic *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren Middle English bikeren English bicker Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor. Middle English -ment English -ment English bickerment From bicker + -ment.

  1. derived from -ment English -ment English bickerment From bicker + -ment
  2. derived from *-urōną Proto-West Germanic *-urōn Old English -erian Middle English -eren Middle English bikeren English bicker Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥ Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom Proto-Italic *-məntom Latin -mentum Old French -mentbor✻
  3. derived from *bikjaną Proto-West Germanic *bikkjan Old Dutch *bikken Middle Dutch bickenbor✻

Definitions

  1. Argument, bickering.

    • Artegall, arriving happily, / Did stay a while their greedy bickerment, / Till he had questioned the cause of their dissent.

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