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itching en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
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Etymology

From Middle English ecchinge, ȝitchinge, ʒicchinde, ʒichande (also unassibilated as yckyng), from Old English ġiċċende (“itching”), from Proto-West Germanic *jukkjandi, present participle of *jukkjan (“to itch”), equivalent to itch + -ing.

Meanings

1. (form-of, gerund, participle, present) present participle and gerund of itch
   form of itch

Deriveds

itchingly

itching en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

• /ˈɪt͡ʃɪŋ/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From Middle English icchynge, ichynge, ycchenge, yecchyng, ʒicchunge (also unassibilated as ʒykynge), equivalent to itch + -ing.

Meanings

1. A sensation that itches.
   • Itchings, hitherto unknown, are felt all over the body, and render my skin sometimes painfully tender, sometimes quite benumbed, as if it were dead. 1856, Forbes Winslow, The Journal of Psychological Medicine and Mental Pathology, page 71:

Forms

Deriveds

itching powder

Relateds

pruritic

Synonyms

pruritus

Translations (4)

fi syyhytys (sensation) · fi kutka (sensation) · fi syyhyäminen (sensation) · fi kutina (sensation)