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smatch

noun

Etymology

From Middle English smacchen, smecchen (“to taste”), from Old English smæċċan (“to taste”), from Proto-West Germanic *smakkijan (“to taste”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *smeh₂g- (“to taste”). Cognate with West Frisian smeitse, smeitsje (“to taste”), Dutch smaken (“to taste”), German schmecken (“to taste”), Danish smage (“to taste”), Norwegian smake (“to taste”), Norwegian smak (“a taste”), Lithuanian smagù (“cheerful, enjoyable, pleasant”).

  1. derived from *smeh₂g-✻ — “to taste”
  2. inherited from *smakkijan✻ — “to taste”
  3. inherited from smæċċan — “to taste”
  4. inherited from smacchen,smecchen

Definitions

  1. A smack or taste.

  2. A trace quantity

    A trace quantity; a smattering or smidgeon.

    • Thy life hath had some smatch of honour in it

  3. To have a taste

    To have a taste; to taste (something).

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To have a feeling

      To have a feeling; to smack (of something).

      • Allowing his description therein to retain and smatche of veritie

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for smatch. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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