itchy
/ˈɪt͡ʃi/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 3.34 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
2
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Characterized by itching. (of a condition)
adj
Feeling an itching sensation; feeling a need to be scratched. (of a person, animal or body part)
adj
In a state of agitation; easily alarmed.
Example Sentences
- "an itchy rash"
- "Excess, the scrophulous and itchy plague / That seizes first the opulent"
- "Her heart kicked and an itchy burning in her throat made her swallow all her saliva away."
- "My nose always gets itchy the moment I put on my face mask."
- "Q. What do you mean by a natural, but sickly delight? A. I mean such a delight as Itchie people have to scratch, green-sickness Garles to eat coles and chalk, and those in a burning Fever, to drink cold drink."
- "I heard the trumpet of its famous mosquito, but did not feel its attacks; still the itchy hillocks on my hands for some days afterwards reported the venom of the insect."
Etymology
From Middle English *yicchy, *ȝicchi, from Old English ġiċċiġ (“itchy”), equivalent to itch + -y. Cognate with Scots yeukie (“itchy”), West Frisian jokkerich (“itchy”), Dutch jeukachtig and jeukerig (“itchy”).