Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

knitch

/nɪt͡ʃ/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: knitch
IPA: /nɪt͡ʃ/

15

Scrabble Score

6

Letters

1

Syllables

6

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A small bundle.

Archaic

Example Sentences

"a knitch of wheat"
"Hee brought-in likevvise the ancient cuſtome againe, that in vvhat moneth hee had not the Knitches of rods vvith Axes borne before him, a publique Officer called Accensvs ſhould huiſher him before, and the Serjeants or Lictours follovv after behinde."

Etymology

From Middle English knicche (“bundle (of brush, weeds), bunch, sheaf”), from Old English ġecnyċċ (“bond”), deverbative of ġecnyċċan, cnyċċan (“to tie, bind together, connect”), from Proto-Germanic *knukkijaną; akin to Lithuanian gniáužti (“to close one’s hand”).

Origin

Source language: Middle English

Word Breakdown

Root: knicche, ġecnyċċ, *knukkijaną

Usage

Archaic

Inflected Forms

knitches (plural) nitch (alternative)

Homonyms

nitch

Rhymes With

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Questions

How do you pronounce knitch?: The recorded pronunciation is /nɪt͡ʃ/.
What does knitch mean?: A small bundle.
Where does knitch come from?: It is traced to Middle English.

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