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fitchew

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
fitchew
IPA
18
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
1
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

polecat

Obsolete

name

A surname originating as a patronymic.

Etymology

From Middle English fitchewes (mistaken as a plural), variant of Middle English fichouse, ficheux, from Old French fissiauls (plural) and fichau, fissel (“polecat”), from Middle Dutch vitsche, visse, fisse (“polecat”), ultimately (via a Northern French dialect) from Latin vissiō (“stench”). Compare French vison (“mink”).

Origin

Word Breakdown

  • Root: fitchewes, fissiauls, vitsche, vissiō

Usage

Inflected Forms

fitchews (plural)

Questions

What does fitchew mean?
polecat
Where does fitchew come from?
It is traced to Middle English.

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