Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

deech

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: deech
IPA

11

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.

Transitive verb

noun

Dirt (or grime) ingrained on the hands, or in cracks, crevices, etc.

British usage; Uncountable

name

Example Sentences

"The mud of Flanders clung to his boots and clothes. It was "deeched" into his skin, and round his eyes had left a stain so dark, it looked as if he had been painted for a theatrical make-up."

Etymology

From Middle English dechen, from Old English dēċan (“to smear, plaster, daub”), from Proto-West Germanic *dōkijan (“to apply with a rag or cloth, smear”), from *dōk (“cloth, rag”), from Proto-Germanic *dōkaz (“rag”); see duck (“canvas, cloth”). Cognate with Dutch doeken, German tuchen. For the noun sense, compare gound.

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: dechen, dēċan, *dōkijan, *dōkaz

Usage

Inflected Forms

deeches (present, singular) deeching (participle, present) deeched (participle, past) deeched (past) ditch (alternative, dialectal) deche (alternative, obsolete) deeches (plural)

Questions

What does deech mean?: To smear, daub, plaster, or impregnate, especially with dirt which becomes hard and ingrained.
Where does deech come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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